Doubs' 5th constituency

5th constituency of Doubs

French National Assembly
constituency

Doubs' 5th Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.

Deputy

Annie Genevard
UMP

Department

Doubs

Canton

Amancey, Levier, Montbenoît, Morteau, Mouthe, Pierrefontaine-les-Varans, Pontarlier, Le Russey, Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp.

Voters

77,318

The 5th constituency of Doubs is a French legislative constituency in the Doubs département.

Description

The largest of the constituencies within the Doubs the 5th includes much of the Jura Mountains and boasts long borders with Switzerland to the east and Jura to the south west.

Uniquely in the Doubs the seat has been held continuously by Gaullist parties since 1988.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Roland Vuillaume	RPR
	2002	Jean-Marie Binetruy	UMP
	2012	Annie Genevard	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Doubs' 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UMP	Annie Genevard	26,651	62.54
	PS	Liliane Lucchesi	15,966	37.46
Turnout			44,004	56.91
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

Constituencies in Franche-Comté (12)

Doubs (5)	Doub's 1st Doub's 2nd Doubs' 3rd Doubs' 4th Doubs' 5th

Haute-Saône (2)	Haute-Saône's 1st Haute-Saône's 2nd

Jura (3)	Jura's 1st Jura's 2nd Jura's 3rd

Territoire-de-Belfort (2)	Territoire-de-Belfort's 1st Territoire-de-Belfort's 2nd

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