# Maine-et-Loire's 3rd constituency

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

## Description

The 3rd Constituency of Maine-et-Loire lies in the north east of the department, including the northern half of Saumur (the southern half is included in Maine-et-Loire's 4th constituency).
The seat has supported parties of the centre right for the entirety of the 5th Republic. It was the only seat in Maine-et-Loire not to elect a deputy from Emmanuel Macron's centrist coalition at the 2017 elections.

## Assembly members

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1988 | Edmond Alphandéry | UDF |
| 1993 | Christian Martin | UDF |
| 1997 | Christian Martin | UDF |
| 2002 | Jean-Charles Taugourdeau | UMP |
| 2007 | Jean-Charles Taugourdeau | UMP |
| 2012 | Jean-Charles Taugourdeau | UMP |
| 2017 | Jean-Charles Taugourdeau | LR |
| 2020 | Elizabeth Marquet | LR |
| 2020 | Anne-Laure Blin | LR |
| 2022 | Anne-Laure Blin | LR |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Anne-Laure Blin | LR | | 11,572 | 23.87 | 26,768 | 57.17 |
| | Edouard Bourgeault | RN | | 18,344 | 37.84 | 20,052 | 42.83 |
| | Patrick Alexandre | LO | NPF | 9,656 | 19.92 | | |
| | Simon Holley | REN | ENS | 8,168 | 16.85 | | |
| | Patricia Peillon | LO | | 741 | 1.53 | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 48,481 | 97.22 | 46,820 | 94.28 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 918 | 1.84 | 2,139 | 4.31 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 470 | 0.94 | 702 | 1.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,869 | 68.55 | 49,661 | 68.24 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 22,879 | 31.45 | 23,111 | 31.76 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 72,748 | | 72,772 | |
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| Result | Result | Result | Result | LR HOLD | LR HOLD | LR HOLD | LR HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Maine-et-Loire's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LR (UDC) | Anne-Laure Blin | 8,328 | 24.73 | -0.51 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Véronique Roudevitch | 7,803 | 23.18 | +0.40 |
| | RN | Bernard Lahondes | 7,411 | 22.01 | +12.23 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Simon Holley | 7,290 | 21.65 | N/A |
| | REC | Charles Babinet | 983 | 2.92 | N/A |
| | PRG | David Robert | 954 | 2.83 | N/A |
| | DLF (UPF) | Sylvie Baveret | 483 | 1.43 | N/A |
| | LO | Patricia Peillon | 417 | 1.24 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,669 | 47.68 | +2.984 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LR (UDC) | Anne-Laure Blin | 19,020 | 60.65 | -0.49 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Véronique Roudevitch | 12,342 | 39.35 | +0.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,362 | 46.39 | +28.64 |
| | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold |

### 2020

2020 by-election: Maine-et-Loire's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LR | Anne-Laure Blin | 3,113 | 25.24 | −1.93 |
| | EELV | Daphnée Raveneau | 2,810 | 22.78 | +18.35 |
| | DVD | Adrien Denis | 2,497 | 20.24 | N/A |
| | DVD | Guy Bertin | 2,276 | 18.45 | N/A |
| | RN | Patrice Lancien | 1,206 | 9.78 | −2.71 |
| | Far left | Patricia Peillon | 260 | 2.11 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 174 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,667 | 17.84 | −31.57 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LR | Anne-Laure Blin | 7,329 | 61.14 | +9.26 |
| | EELV | Daphnée Raveneau | 4,658 | 38.86 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,609 | 17.75 | −23.08 |
| | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold |

### 2017

Legislative Election 2017: Maine-et-Loire's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LREM | Anne Barrault | 10,417 | 29.96 | |
| | LR | Jean-Charles Taugourdeau | 9,448 | 27.17 | |
| | FN | Patrice Lancien | 4,344 | 12.49 | |
| | LFI | Georges Chabrier | 3,400 | 9.78 | |
| | DVD | Frédéric Mortier | 2,564 | 7.37 | |
| | EELV | Daphnée Raveneau | 1,541 | 4.43 | |
| | DVG | Alexandre Leroy | 1,483 | 4.26 | |
| | PCF | Patrice Daviau | 840 | 2.42 | |
| | Others | N/A | 736 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,773 | 49.41 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LR | Jean-Charles Taugourdeau | 14,906 | 51.88 | |
| | LREM | Anne Barrault | 13,827 | 48.12 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,733 | 40.83 | |
| | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold |

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Maine-et-Loire's 3rd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Jean-Charles Taugourdeau | 15,606 | 38.59 | |
| | PRG | Jean-Michel Marchand | 13,244 | 32.75 | |
| | FN | Jean-François De Brugiere | 4,180 | 10.34 | |
| | DVD | Frédéric Mortier | 3,196 | 7.90 | |
| | FG | Alain Pagano | 1,615 | 3.99 | |
| | EELV | Nathalie Benard | 1,029 | 2.54 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,575 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,445 | 59.10 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Jean-Charles Taugourdeau | 20,775 | 53.45 | |
| | PRG | Jean-Michel Marchand | 18,095 | 46.55 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,870 | 56.80 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |