Moselle's 3rd constituency
# Moselle's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Moselle département.

## Description

Moselle's 3rd constituency includes the centre of Metz and a large swath of more rural areas to the east. The constituency lies in the centre of Moselle to the east of the river Moselle, which flows through Metz.

The constituency has been held by parties of the Gaullist right from 1988 until 2017 and in that time was only represented by two individuals Jean Louis Masson and Marie-Jo Zimmermann.

## Historic Representation

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Jean Louis Masson | RPR |
| | 1993 | Jean Louis Masson | RPR |
| | 1997 | Jean Louis Masson | RPR |
| | 1998 | Marie-Jo Zimmermann | UMP |
| | 2002 | Marie-Jo Zimmermann | UMP |
| | 2007 | Marie-Jo Zimmermann | UMP |
| | 2012 | Marie-Jo Zimmermann | UMP |
| | 2017 | Richard Lioger | LREM |
| | 2022 | Charlotte Leduc | LFI |

## Election results

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Moselle's 3rd constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Charlotte Leduc | 8,178 | 24.27 | +3.15 |
| | RN | Françoise Grolet | 6,192 | 18.37 | +2.56 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Richard Lioger | 5,012 | 14.87 | -19.12 |
| | Horizons | Marie-Jo Zimmermann* | 4,540 | 13.47 | N/A |
| | LC (UDC) | Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé | 3,550 | 10.53 | -10.90 |
| | PS | Eric Gulino** | 1,745 | 5.18 | N/A |
| | DVC | Anne-Catherine Leucart | 1,662 | 4.93 | N/A |
| | REC | Christian Bemer | 375 | 4.08 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 1,445 | - | - |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,699 | 45.20 | -0.21 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Charlotte Leduc | 14,012 | 51.46 | N/A |
| | RN | Françoise Grolet | 13,215 | 48.54 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,227 | 42.67 | +3.33 |
| | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM |

* Dissident Horizons member, not supported by party or Ensemble Citoyens alliance.
   * Dissident PS member, not supported by party or NUPES alliance.

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Richard Lioger | REM | 11,408 | 33.99 | 13,657 | 51.21 |
| | Marie-Jo Zimmermann | LR | 7,195 | 21.43 | 13,013 | 48.79 |
| | Françoise Grolet | FN | 5,308 | 15.81 | | |
| | Denis Maciazek | FI | 3,423 | 10.20 | | |
| | Nathalie de Oliveira | PS | 1,912 | 5.70 | | |
| | Mathias Boquet | ECO | 1,315 | 3.92 | | |
| | Christine Singer | UDI | 755 | 2.25 | | |
| | Franck Monguillon | ECO | 577 | 1.72 | | |
| | Marie Marechal | PCF | 436 | 1.30 | | |
| | Maxime Louis | DIV | 368 | 1.10 | | |
| | Isabelle Catalan | DVG | 238 | 0.71 | | |
| | Sylvie Allais | DIV | 229 | 0.68 | | |
| | Lucas Fiorenza | REG | 222 | 0.66 | | |
| | Étienne Hodara | EXG | 181 | 0.54 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 33,567 | 100.00 | 26,670 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 33,567 | 98.14 | 26,670 | 90.01 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 471 | 1.38 | 2,163 | 7.30 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 166 | 0.49 | 797 | 2.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,204 | 45.41 | 29,630 | 39.34 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 41,113 | 54.59 | 45,693 | 60.66 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 75,317 | | 75,323 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 3rd constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | UMP | Marie-Jo Zimmermann | 15,138 | 38.13 | |
| | PS | Christiane Pallez | 13,368 | 33.67 | |
| | FN | Françoise Grolet | 7,012 | 17.66 | |
| | FG | Jacques Marechal | 1,579 | 3.98 | |
| | EELV | Claudine Urruty | 912 | 2.30 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,695 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,704 | 53.60 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Marie-Jo Zimmermann | 20,200 | 53.75 | |
| | PS | Christiane Pallez | 17,380 | 46.25 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,580 | 50.74 | |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |

## Sources

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

* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Moselle". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
