# Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of the Puy-de-Dôme (French: Troisième circonscription du Puy-de-Dôme) is a French legislative constituency in the Puy-de-Dôme département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two-round electoral system.

## Description

The 3rd constituency of the Puy-de-Dôme lies in the south west of the department and includes the western and south western parts of Clermont-Ferrand.
The constituency is most notable for the fact that it was the political base of former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Giscard d'Estaing was succeeded by his son Louis in 2002, however he was defeated by the Green candidate in 2012. Louis made an attempt to regain the seat at the 2017 elections however he could only manage second place.

## Assembly Members

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | UDF |
| 2002 | Louis Giscard d'Estaing | UMP |
| 2012 | Danielle Auroi | EELV |
| 2017 | Laurence Vichnievsky | MoDem |
| 2022 | Laurence Vichnievsky | MoDem |
| 2024 | Nicolas Bonnet | Les Écologistes (Nouveau Front populaire) |

## Election results
### 2024

Legislative Election 2024: Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LR | Marie-Anne Marchis | 8,863 | 13.73 | −0.59 |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Laurence Vichnievsky | 16,800 | 26.03 | +3.70 |
| | REC | Patrick Finotto | 573 | 0.89 | −2.42 |
| | LO | Marie Savre | 759 | 1.18 | n/a |
| | DIV | Louis Dupic | 277 | 0.43 | n/a |
| | RN | Nadine Pers | 16,735 | 25.93 | +13.87 |
| | DIV | René Ondet | 64 | 0.10 | n/a |
| | LÉ–EELV (NFP) | Nicolas Bonnet | 20,470 | 31.72 | +1.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,541 | 97.41 | +97.00 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 90,194 | | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LÉ–EELV | Nicolas Bonnet | 23,816 | 37.12 | +5.40 |
| | MoDem | Laurence Vichnievsky | 21,525 | 33.55 | +7.52 |
| | RN | Nadine Pers | 18,822 | 29.33 | +3.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,163 | 96.93 | −0.48 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 90,191 | | |
| | LÉ–EELV gain from MoDem | LÉ–EELV gain from MoDem | LÉ–EELV gain from MoDem | LÉ–EELV gain from MoDem | LÉ–EELV gain from MoDem |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Nicolas Bonnet | 14,363 | 30.08 | +4.38 |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Laurence Vichnievsky | 13,525 | 28.33 | -10.25 |
| | LR (UDC) | Marie-Anne Marchis | 6,839 | 14.32 | −6.75 |
| | RN | Françoise Batisson | 5,759 | 12.06 | +5.27 |
| | PRG | Florence Lhermet | 2,045 | 4.28 | N/A |
| | REC | Mathilde Henry | 1,580 | 3.31 | N/A |
| | FGR | Richard Bony | 1,186 | 2.48 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,447 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,744 | 54.41 | −0.11 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Laurence Vichnievsky | 23,042 | 53.09 | -2.93 |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Nicolas Bonnet | 20,358 | 46.91 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,400 | 52.44 | +5.93 |
| | MoDem hold | MoDem hold | MoDem hold | MoDem hold | MoDem hold |

### 2017

Results of the 11 June and 18 June 2017 French National Assembly election in Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd Constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Laurence Vichnievsky | Democratic Movement | MoDEM | 18,384 | 38.58 | 20,333 | 56.02 |
| | Louis Giscard d'Estaing | Union of Democrats and Independents | UDI | 10,043 | 21.07 | 15,966 | 43.98 |
| | Marc Chovin | La France Insoumise | FI | 5,683 | 11.92 | | |
| | Nicolas Bonnet | Ecologist | ECO | 5,260 | 11.04 | | |
| | Anne-Marie Carta | National Front | FN | 3,234 | 6.79 | | |
| | Christophe Serre | The Republicans | LR | 2,789 | 5.85 | | |
| | Christine Thomas | Communist Party | PCF | 1,307 | 2.74 | | |
| | Corinne Neveux | Debout la France | DLF | 484 | 1.02 | | |
| | Josiane Mainville | Far Left | EXG | 237 | 0.50 | | |
| | Maëlig Le Guern | Independent | DIV | 236 | 0.50 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 47,657 | 100% | 36,299 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 89,004 | | 89,010 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 865 | 1.78% | 5,097 | 5.73% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,522 | 54.52% | 41,396 | 46.51% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 40,482 | 45.48% | 47,614 | 53.49% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | MoDem GAIN FROM EELV | MoDem GAIN FROM EELV |

### 2012

Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French National Assembly election in Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd Constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Louis Giscard d'Estaing | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 20,426 | 39.36 | 25,979 | 49.08 |
| | Danielle Auroi | Europe Ecology – The Greens | EELV | 18,901 | 36.42 | 26,958 | 50.92 |
| | Patricia Guilhot | Left Front | FG | 4,192 | 8.08 | | |
| | Marie-Christine Guibert | National Front | FN | 3,929 | 7.57 | | |
| | Stanislas Renié | New Centre | NC | 1,313 | 2.53 | | |
| | Philippe Gorce | Miscellaneous Left | DVG | 1,109 | 2.14 | | |
| | Gérard Weil | Independent | DIV | 563 | 1.08 | | |
| | Chantal Guillaumin | Ecologist | ECO | 536 | 1.03 | | |
| | Carole Saby | Ecologist | ECO | 302 | 0.58 | | |
| | Michèle Aldon | Far Left | EXG | 253 | 0.49 | | |
| | Claude Dufour | Far Left | EXG | 242 | 0.47 | | |
| | Arnaud Beils | Independent | DIV | 125 | 0.24 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 51,891 | 100% | 52,937 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 86,568 | | 86,560 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 807 | 1.53% | 1,266 | 2.34% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,698 | 60.87% | 54,203 | 62.62% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 33,870 | 39.13% | 32,357 | 37.38% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | EELV GAIN FROM UMP | EELV GAIN FROM UMP |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Louis Giscard d'Estaing | 20,549 | 44.64 | |
| | PS | Mireille Lacombe | 9,864 | 21.43 | |
| | DVG | Alain Brochet | 5,057 | 10.99 | |
| | MoDem | Jean-Philippe Valentin | 4,178 | 9.08 | |
| | LV | Odile Vignal | 1,193 | 2.59 | |
| | EXG | Michel Bidaux | 927 | 2.01 | |
| | PCF | Christine Thomas | 920 | 2.00 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,340 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,807 | 62.74 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Louis Giscard d'Estaing | 23,790 | 53.09 | |
| | PS | Mireille Lacombe | 21,023 | 46.91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,363 | 62.07 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LV | Danielle Auroi | 13,109 | 27.09 | |
| | UMP | Louis Giscard d'Estaing | 11,907 | 24.61 | |
| | DL | Jean-Marc Boyer | 9,590 | 19.82 | |
| | DVD | Dominique Turpin | 5,734 | 11.85 | |
| | FN | Marie-Christine Guilbert | 2,380 | 4.92 | |
| | LCR | Gérard Bonher | 1,409 | 2.91 | |
| | PCF | Christine Gregut | 1,233 | 2.55 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,026 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,299 | 68.69 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Louis Giscard d'Estaing | 22,913 | 53.75 | |
| | LV | Danielle Auroi | 19,715 | 46.25 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,135 | 62.89 | |
| | UMP gain from PPDF | UMP gain from PPDF | UMP gain from PPDF | UMP gain from PPDF | UMP gain from PPDF |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PPDF (UDF) | Valery Giscard d'Estaing | 15,542 | 34.64 | |
| | LV | Danièle Auroi | 13,208 | 29.44 | |
| | DIV | Serge Teillot | 5,089 | 11.34 | |
| | FN | Claude Jaffres | 3,420 | 7.62 | |
| | PCF | Michel Dugay | 2,894 | 6.45 | |
| | LDI | Marc-Antoine Sabatier | 1,517 | 3.38 | |
| | GE | Jean-Michel Lavigne | 1,175 | 2.62 | |
| | MEI | Claude Bernard | 925 | 2.06 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,091 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,378 | 68.81 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PPDF (UDF) | Valery Giscard d'Estaing | 25,147 | 53.80 | |
| | LV | Danièle Auroi | 21,593 | 46.20 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,448 | 71.82 | |
| | PPDF hold | PPDF hold | PPDF hold | PPDF hold | PPDF hold |