Nord's 18th constituency

18th constituency of the Nord
French National Assembly ; constituency
	Nord's 18th constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy
	Guy Bricout; UDI
Department	Nord
Cantons	Cambrai-Est, Cambrai-Ouest, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Clary, Marcoing
Registered voters	92,017

The 18th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description[]

Nord's 18th constituency is seated in the town on Cambrai.

Politically the seat has swung between left and right throughout the 5th Republic, it has however been held by conservative François-Xavier Villain from 2002 to 2017.

Historic Representation[]

Election		Member	Party
	1958		DVG
	1967		FGDS
	1973	Jacques Legendre	UDR
	1978	Jacques Legendre	RPR
	1981		PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988		PS
	1993		RPR
	1997	Brigitte Douay	PS
	2002	François-Xavier Villain	DVD
	2012	François-Xavier Villain	UDI
	2017	Guy Bricout	UDI

Election results[]

2017[]

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
Candidate		Label	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Guy Bricout	UDI	13,232	31.45	21,669	63.67
	Claire Pommeyrol-Burlet	REM	10,684	25.40	12,363	36.33
	Mélanie Disdier	FN	10,234	24.33
	Thérèse-Marie Cardon	FI	5,071	12.05
	Thomas Frémond	ECO	1,416	3.37
	Rosella Milot	DLF	615	1.46
	Gautier Thery	EXG	612	1.45
	Emmanuelle Larsen	DIV	197	0.47
	Joël Lamand	DVD	5	0.01
	Vincent Harduin	ECO	2	0.00

Votes			42,068	100.00	34,032	100.00

Valid votes			42,068	97.35	34,032	89.43
Blank votes			848	1.96	2,662	6.99
Null votes			296	0.68	1,362	3.58
Turnout			43,212	47.19	38,056	41.56
Abstentions			48,363	52.81	53,516	58.44
Registered voters			91,575		91,572

Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012[]

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 18th constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UMP	François-Xavier Villain	22,541	43.73
	PS	Martine Filleul	16,604	32.22
	FN	Samuel Lenclud	7,635	14.81
	FG	Brigitte Lefebvre	3,344	6.49

	Others	N/A	1,417
Turnout			51,541	56.01
2nd round result
	UMP	François-Xavier Villain	28,541	57.63
	PS	Martine Filleul	20,982	42.37
Turnout			49,523	53.82
	UMP hold

2007[]

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 18th constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UMP	François-Xavier Villain	22,512	48.03
	PS	Brigitte Douay	11,985	25.57
	PCF	Colette Dessaint	3,016	6.43
	FN	Melanie Disdier	2,893	6.17
	MoDem	Sylvain Tranoy	2,774	5.92

	Others	N/A	3,695
Turnout			47,857	60.22
2nd round result
	UMP	François-Xavier Villain	26,519	57.45
	PS	Brigitte Douay	19,641	42.55
Turnout			47,745	60.08
	UMP hold

2002[]

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 18th constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UMP	François-Xavier Villain	20,993	42.48
	PS	Brigitte Douay	14,261	28.85
	FN	Melanie Disdier	6,484	13.12
	PCF	Colette Dessaint	2,991	6.05
	CPNT	Catherine Dubois	1,066	2.16

	Others	N/A	3,629
Turnout			50,390	64.90
2nd round result
	UMP	François-Xavier Villain	26,437	55.86
	PS	Brigitte Douay	20,888	44.14
Turnout			49,301	63.49
	UMP gain from PS

1997[]

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 18th constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DVD	François-Xavier Villain	16,224	30.87
	PS	Brigitte Douay	12,873	24.49
	FN	Albert Ponthieux	8,617	16.39
	PCF	Colette Dessaint	7,252	13.80
	DVD	Pierre Doise	2,563	4.88
	LV	Marie Cuvillier	1,908	3.63
	DVD	Vincent Cambier	1,110	2.11

	Others	N/A	3,125
Turnout			55,641	73.43
2nd round result
	PS	Brigitte Douay	28,123	51.71
	DVD	François-Xavier Villain	26,264	48.29
Turnout			57,812	76.30
	PS gain from RPR

Sources[]

Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).