17th constituency of the Nord Nord's 17th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy Department Nord Cantons Arleux, Douai-Nord (part), Douai-Nord-Est, Douai-Sud (part), Douai-Sud-Ouest. Registered voters 75,067
The 17th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département .
Description [ ]
Nord's 17th constituency contains the majority of Douai as well as the rural canton of Arleux to the south.
The seat was held by Marc Dolez from 1988 to 2017, with the sole exception of between 1993 and 1997. Dolez left the Socialist Party to join Jean-Luc Mélenchon 's Left Party in 2008. At the 2012 election he faced no candidate in the second round following the withdrawal of the Socialist Party candidate.
Historic Representation [ ]
Election
Member
Party
1986
Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988
Marc Dolez
PS
1993
Jacques Vernier
RPR
1997
Marc Dolez
PS
2008
PG
2012
FG
2017
Dimitri Houbron
REM
Election results [ ]
2017 [ ]
Candidate
Label
First round
Second round
Votes
%
Votes
%
Thibaut François
FN
7,993
24.38
12,697
46.79
Dimitri Houbron
REM
7,583
23.13
14,442
53.21
François Guiffard
FI
3,961
12.08
Charles Beauchamp
PCF
3,955
12.07
Frédéric Nihous
LR
3,408
10.40
Jean-Luc Hallé
DVG
2,876
8.77
Agnès Dupuis
PS
1,174
3.58
Lucile Wacheux
ECO
628
1.92
Amid Benchabane
ECO
364
1.11
Éric Pecqueur
EXG
309
0.94
Gaëtan Duez
DIV
192
0.59
Nicolas Rankowski
DVD
177
0.54
Léopold Pons
DVD
159
0.49
Votes
32,779
100.00
27,139
100.00
Valid votes
32,779
97.88
27,139
90.65
Blank votes
523
1.56
1,919
6.41
Null votes
187
0.56
881
2.94
Turnout
33,489
45.49
29,939
40.68
Abstentions
40,124
54.51
43,660
59.32
Registered voters
73,613
73,599
Source: Ministry of the Interior
2012 [ ]
Legislative Election 2012 : Nord's 17th constituency
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
FG
Marc Dolez
12,404
30.84
PS
Monique Amghar*
9,141
22.73
FN
Chantal Bojanek
8,234
20.47
UMP
Bruno Bufquin
8,212
20.42
MoDem
Bruno Vandeville
1,154
2.87
Others
N/A
1,075
Turnout
40,220
53.58
2nd round result
FG
Marc Dolez
19,763
100.00
Turnout
19,763
26.33
FG gain from PS
* Withdrew before the 2nd round
2007 [ ]
Legislative Election 2007 : Nord's 17th constituency
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
PS
Marc Dolez
16,509
38.54
UMP
Françoise Prouvost
13,539
31.60
PCF
Jacques Michon
4,221
9.85
FN
Marie-Paule Darchicourt
2,659
6.21
MoDem
Dominique Becar-Rojee
2,013
4.70
Others
N/A
3,898
Turnout
43,579
58.09
2nd round result
PS
Marc Dolez
25,847
62.14
UMP
Françoise Prouvost
15,746
37.86
Turnout
43,303
57.72
PS hold
2002 [ ]
Legislative Election 2002 : Nord's 17th constituency
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
PS
Marc Dolez
15,855
36.40
UMP
Françoise Prouvost
11,733
26.94
FN
Monique Lamare
6,264
14.38
PCF
Therese Pernot
3,550
8.15
CPNT
Frederic Nihous
1,316
3.02
UDF
Didier Sniadach
1,061
2.44
Others
N/A
3,781
Turnout
44,416
60.68
2nd round result
PS
Marc Dolez
23,986
59.98
UMP
Françoise Prouvost
16,005
40.02
Turnout
41,677
56.94
PS hold
1997 [ ]
Legislative Election 1997 : Nord's 17th constituency
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
PS
Marc Dolez
15,029
31.43
RPR
Jacques Vernier
13,702
28.66
PCF
Pierre Lefebvre
7,672
16.05
FN
Jean-Marie Lamare
6,677
13.97
LO
Roger Marie
1,296
2.71
LV
Geneviève Pirrieros
1,027
2.15
Others
N/A
2,408
Turnout
49,580
69.25
2nd round result
PS
Marc Dolez
29,431
59.53
RPR
Jacques Vernier
20,005
40.47
Turnout
51,446
71.86
PS gain from RPR
Sources [ ]