# Loire's 3rd constituency

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

## Description

The 3rd constituency of the Loire lies to the east of Saint-Etienne in the south of the department. The largest town in the constituency Saint-Chamond sits on the main road between Saint-Etienne and Lyon.
Between its creation in its modern form in 1988 and 2017 the seat was represented by François Rochebloine of the centre right. He finally lost his seat to En Marche! in the landslide election of that year.

## Assembly Members

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | François Rochebloine | UDF |
| 2007 | François Rochebloine | NC |
| 2012 | François Rochebloine | UDI |
| 2017 | Valéria Faure-Muntian | LREM |
| 2022 | Emmanuel Mandon | MoDem |
| 2024 | Emmanuel Mandon | MoDem |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | +/– | Votes | % | +/– |
| | Angelina La Marca | RN | | 22,813 | 40.89 | +19.81 | 24,604 | 44.54 | new |
| | Emmanuel Mandon | MoDEM | Ensemble | 16,243 | 29.11 | +3.41 | 30,634 | 55.46 | -1.86 |
| | Vincent Bony | PCF | NFP | 15,254 | 27.34 | +3.68 | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew |
| | Rachid Daoud | DVG | | 754 | 1.35 | new | | | |
| | Pauline Husseini | LO | | 727 | 1.30 | +0.43 | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | 55,791 | 100.00 | | 55,238 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 55,791 | 97.30 | -0.54 | 55,238 | 95.71 | +3.92 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,310 | 2.28 | +0.40 | 2,086 | 3.61 | -3.16 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 240 | 0.42 | +0.14 | 388 | 0.67 | -0.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,341 | 67.94 | +22.13 | 57,712 | 68.36 | +25.56 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 27,063 | 32.06 | -22.13 | 26,716 | 31.64 | -25.56 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 84,404 | | | 84,428 | | |
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| Result | Result | Result | Result | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD | MoDEM HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Loire's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Emmanuel Mandon | 9,621 | 25.70 | -7.49 |
| | PCF (NUPÉS) | Vincent Bony | 8,858 | 23.66 | +1.58 |
| | RN | Angelina La Marca | 7,890 | 21.08 | +4.82 |
| | LR (UDC) | Axel Dugua | 5,060 | 13.52 | −8.59 |
| | REC | Isabelle Surply | 2,067 | 5.52 | N/A |
| | DVC | Éric Le Jaouen* | 800 | 2.14 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 3,141 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,437 | 45.81 | −0.26 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Emmanuel Mandon | 18,807 | 57.32 | +4.70 |
| | PCF (NUPÉS) | Vincent Bony | 14,006 | 42.68 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,813 | 42.80 | +3.54 |
| | MoDem gain from LREM | MoDem gain from LREM | MoDem gain from LREM | MoDem gain from LREM | MoDem gain from LREM |
* Le Jaouen ran as a LREM dissident. LREM's alliance, Ensemble Citoyens, supported Mandon.

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Valéria Faure-Muntian | REM | 12,250 | 33.19 | 15,298 | 52.62 |
| | François Rochebloine | UDI | 8,161 | 22.11 | 13,776 | 47.38 |
| | Isabelle Surply | FN | 6,370 | 17.26 | | |
| | Louis Caillon | FI | 3,566 | 9.66 | | |
| | Philippe Kizirian | PS | 2,657 | 7.20 | | |
| | Patricia Simonin-Chaillot | ECO | 1,299 | 3.52 | | |
| | Nicole Forest | DVD | 823 | 2.23 | | |
| | Céline Veau | PCF | 626 | 1.70 | | |
| | André Duport | ECO | 327 | 0.89 | | |
| | André Moulin | EXG | 321 | 0.87 | | |
| | Christian Meunier | EXD | 297 | 0.80 | | |
| | Mireille Clerc | DIV | 215 | 0.58 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 36,912 | 100.00 | 29,074 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 36,912 | 98.22 | 29,074 | 89.77 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 537 | 1.43 | 2,637 | 8.14 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 131 | 0.35 | 676 | 2.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,580 | 45.55 | 32,387 | 39.26 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 44,915 | 54.45 | 50,109 | 60.74 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 82,495 | | 82,496 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

2012 legislative election in Loire's 3rd constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Philippe Kizirian | PS–EELV | 14,809 | 31.98% | 20,406 | 47.64% |
| | François Rochebloine | NC | 11,442 | 24.71% | 22,428 | 52.36% |
| | Séverine Brun | FN | 9,658 | 20.86% | | |
| | Hervé Reynaud | DVD | 5,165 | 11.15% | | |
| | Vincent Bony | FG | 2,898 | 6.26% | | |
| | Alain Barbasso | EELV dissident | 1,180 | 2.55% | | |
| | Nicole Lancon | MEI | 454 | 0.98% | | |
| | Julien Vassal | DLR | 315 | 0.68% | | |
| | André Moulin | LO | 246 | 0.53% | | |
| | Alexis Pereira | | 138 | 0.30% | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 46,305 | 98.81% | 42,834 | 96.17% |
| Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | 558 | 1.19% | 1,706 | 3.83% |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 46,863 | 58.26% | 44,540 | 55.36% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 33,581 | 41.74% | 35,913 | 44.64% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 80,444 | 100.00% | 80,453 | 100.00% |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Loire's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NC | François Rochebloine | 22,056 | 49.96 | |
| | PS | Christiane Farigoule | 10,575 | 23.96 | |
| | MoDem | Simonne Hube | 3,150 | 7.14 | |
| | FN | Christian Meunier | 2,609 | 5.91 | |
| | PCF | Ginette Moulin | 1,472 | 3.33 | |
| | LV | Catherine Bony | 1,375 | 3.11 | |
| | EXG | Jean-Marc Seguillon | 1,033 | 2.34 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,874 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,824 | 56.65 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | NC | François Rochebloine | 25,189 | 59.03 | |
| | PS | Christiane Farigoule | 17,485 | 40.97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,877 | 55.46 | |
| | NC gain from UDF | NC gain from UDF | NC gain from UDF | NC gain from UDF | NC gain from UDF |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Loire's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDF | François Rochebloine | 22,765 | 47.92 | |
| | PS | Christiane Farigoule | 11,447 | 24.10 | |
| | FN | Christian Grangis | 7,816 | 16.45 | |
| | PCF | Vincent Bony | 1,677 | 3.53 | |
| | LV | Françoise Bour-James | 949 | 2.00 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,849 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,188 | 64.19 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UDF | François Rochebloine | 25,608 | 63.07 | |
| | PS | Christiane Farigoule | 14,993 | 36.93 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,046 | 56.01 | |
| | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold | UDF hold |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Loire's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | FD (UDF) | François Rochebloine | 15,629 | 32.88 | |
| | FN | Christian Grangis | 11,611 | 24.43 | |
| | PS | Marie-Christine Laurent | 9,325 | 19.62 | |
| | PCF | André Géry | 4,365 | 9.18 | |
| | LV | Gérard Payre | 2,946 | 6.20 | |
| | LO | André Moulin | 1,266 | 2.66 | |
| | LDI | Alexandre Riberon | 1,251 | 2.63 | |
| | MEI | Frédéric Gioia | 780 | 1.64 | |
| | EXG | Bernard Marcuccilli | 362 | 0.76 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,675 | 69.14 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | FD (UDF) | François Rochebloine | 23,928 | 46.10 | |
| | PS | Marie-Christine Laurent | 18,610 | 35.86 | |
| | FN | Christian Grangis | 9,363 | 18.04 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,453 | 74.40 | |
| | FD hold | FD hold | FD hold | FD hold | FD hold |