Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, a member of the National Front, represented the constituency during the XIV legislature (2012–2017).

It has been held by Brune Poirson and her substitute, Adrien Morenas of REM since 2017.

Approved in February 2010 by the Constitutional Council of France, the redistricting of electoral boundaries came into effect from the 2012 legislative elections.

Ratified on 21 January 2010 by the Parliament of France, the ordonnance n°2009-935 of 29 July 2009 reduced the area of the constituency.

Stretched over 345.72 km2 (133.48 sq mi), the 3rd constituency consists of three cantons and fifteen municipalities: Bédarrides (Bédarrides, Courthézon, Sorgues, Vedène), Carpentras-Sud (Althen-des-Paluds, southern part of Carpentras, Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, Mazan, Monteux), Pernes-les-Fontaines (Le Beaucet, Pernes-les-Fontaines, La Roque-sur-Pernes, Saint-Didier, Velleron, Venasque).