Tarn's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of the Tarn (French: Troisième circonscription du Tarn) is a French legislative constituency in the Tarn département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.

3rd constituency of Tarn
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Tarn's 3rd Constituency shown within the Tarn
Deputy	Jean Terlier^[1] RE
Department	Tarn
Cantons	Castres Nord, Castres Ouest, Cuq-Toulza, Dourgne, Labruguière, Lautrec, Lavaur, Mazamet Nord-Est, Mazamet Sud-Ouest, Puylaurens, Saint-Amans-Soult, Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux, Vielmur-sur-Agout
Registered voters	101,429^[2]
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Description

The 3rd constituency of Tarn lies in the south of the department and is based around Castres and the smaller town of Mazamet.

The voters of this constituency have generally supported centre right candidates with the exceptions of 2012 and 2017.

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	1988	Jacques Limouzy	RPR
	1993
	1997
	2002	Philippe Folliot	UDF
	2007		DVD
	2012	Linda Gourjade	PS
	2017	Jean Terlier	LREM
	2022		RE

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Election results

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Tarn's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Julien Lassalle	12,308	22.27	-10.26
	LREM (Ensemble)	Jean Terlier	12,281	22.22	-1.28
	RN	Virginie Callejon	12,267	22.20	+7.06
	LR (UDC)	Guilhem Carayon	8,996	16.28	-7.25
	PRG	Christelle Cabanis	4,436	8.03	N/A
	REC	Laura Ponce	2,252	4.07	N/A
	Regionalists	Claire Dauge	1,205	2.18	N/A
	Others	N/A	1,519	2.75
Turnout			55,264	54.39	-0.04
2nd round result
	LREM (Ensemble)	Jean Terlier	25,496	53.71	+1.60
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Julien Lassalle	21,978	46.29	N/A
Turnout			47,474	51.81	+8.51
	LREM hold

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2017

Legislative Election 2017: Tarn's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LREM	Jean Terlier	17,931	32.48
	LR	Bernard Carayon	12,988	23.53
	FN	Virginie Callejon	8,356	15.14
	LFI	Maud Forgeot	6,419	11.63
	PS	Linda Gourjade	5,006	9.07
	EELV	Stéphane Deleforge	1,571	2.85
	Others	N/A	2,937
Turnout			55,208	54.43
2nd round result
	LREM	Jean Terlier	22,884	52.11
	LR	Bernard Carayon	21,031	47.89
Turnout			43,915	43.30
	LREM gain from PS

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Tarn's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Bernard Carayon	21,274	33.47
	PS	Linda Gourjade	15,353	24.15
	DVG	Didier Houles	8,816	13.87
	FN	Jean-Paul Piloz	8,530	13.42
	FG	Philippe Guerineau	3,792	5.97
	AC	Anne Laperrouze	3,197	5.03
	EELV	Francine Ricouart	1,347	2.12
	Others	N/A	1,257
Turnout			63,566	64.56
2nd round result
	PS	Linda Gourjade	30,867	50.25
	UMP	Bernard Carayon	30,564	49.75
Turnout			61,431	62.40
	PS gain from LC

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Tarn's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LC	Philippe Folliot	13,381	34.25
	DVD	Jacques Thouroude	9,982	25.55
	PRG	Aude Raynaud	6,330	16.20
	DVG	Philippe Guerineau	4,237	10.85
	FN	Florence Charlopin	1,177	3.01
	Others	N/A	3,961
Turnout			40,107	67.11
2nd round result
	LC	Philippe Folliot	19,927	64.78
	DVD	Jacques Thouroude	10,832	35.22
Turnout			36,395	60.91
	LC gain from RPF

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Tarn's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Pascal Bugis	11,256	27.62
	RPF	Philippe Folliot	9,245	22.68
	LV	Britgitte Desveaux	5,832	14.31
	PRG	Bernard Raynaud	4,291	10.53
	FN	Françoise Canac	4,109	10.08
	UDF	Nicole Jeanrot	1,074	2.64
	PCF	Marc Albouy	1,010	2.48
	DVD	Richard Amalvy	949	2.33
	Others	N/A	2,989
Turnout			41,965	72.01
2nd round result
	RPF	Philippe Folliot	18,406	56.94
	UMP	Pascal Bugis	13,920	43.06
Turnout			37,381	64.15
	RPF gain from RPR

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Tarn's 3rd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jacques Esclassan	10,787	26.81
	RPR	Jacques Limouzy	9,256	23.00
	DVD	Philippe Folliot	7,283	18.10
	FN	Bernard Antony	5,759	14.31
	PCF	Louis Tignères	3,299	8.20
	LV	Gérard Bastide	1,518	3.77
	LO	Chantal Tressens	957	2.38
	Others	N/A	1,378
Turnout			42,619	73.64
2nd round result
	RPR	Jacques Limouzy	21,057	51.37
	PS	Jacques Esclassan	19,930	48.63
Turnout			44,887	77.58
	RPR hold

References

1. "577 Députés – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
2. "Les résultats aux élections législatives de 2017 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
3. "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans le Tarn". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2022.