21st constituency of the Nord Nord's 21st constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy Department Nord Cantons Condé-sur-l'Escault (excluding the communes of Escautpont, Fresnes-sur-Escaut, Hergnies, Odomez, Vicq), Valenciennes Est. Communes de : Valenciennes (parts included in the cantons of Valenciennes Nord and Valenciennes Sud), Saint-Saulve Registered voters 81,076
The 21st constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département .
Description [ ]
Prior to 1988, the 21st constituency was the constituency of Avesnes-sur-Helpe in the southeastern part of the department. It now contains most of Valenciennes as well as some surrounding areas.
Long serving representative and former Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry Jean-Louis Borloo resigned from the seat in April 2014 due to ill health and was replaced by Mayor of Valenciennes following a by-election.
Historic Representatives [ ]
Election results [ ]
2017 [ ]
Candidate
Label
First round
Second round
Votes
%
Votes
%
Béatrice Descamps
UDI
11,170
33.41
18,126
62.72
Valérie Caudron
FN
7,323
21.90
10,774
37.28
Ophélie Tricot
FI
4,704
14.07
Didier Legrand
DVD
3,004
8.98
Christine Laurent
PS
1,840
5.50
Patrick Kolebacki
PCF
1,578
4.72
Pauline Pottier
ECO
1,315
3.93
Laurent Lasselin
DVD
1,089
3.26
Édith Weisshaupt
EXG
343
1.03
Jean-Luc François Laurent
EXD
324
0.97
Christine Braet
DIV
242
0.72
Yazid Amara
DIV
225
0.67
Sally Haddar
DVG
210
0.63
Sylvain Damiani
DIV
70
0.21
Votes
33,437
100.00
28,900
100.00
Valid votes
33,437
96.97
28,900
92.09
Blank votes
809
2.35
1,771
5.64
Null votes
236
0.68
713
2.27
Turnout
34,482
41.75
31,384
38.00
Abstentions
48,113
58.25
51,205
62.00
Registered voters
82,595
82,589
Source: Ministry of the Interior
2014 by-election [ ]
2014 by-election: Nord's 21st constituency
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
UDI
Laurent Degallaix
9,701
47.02
FN
Jean-Luc Laurent
3,856
18.69
FG
Patrick Kolebacki
2,120
10.27
DVD
Didier Legrand
2,100
10.18
PS
Alexandre Raskza
1,470
7.12
EELV
Frédéric Bigot
735
3.56
Others
N/A
651
Turnout
20,960
25.84
2nd round result
UDI
Laurent Degallaix
13,058
72.14
FN
Jean-Luc Laurent
5,043
27.86
Turnout
19,298
23.79
UDI gain from PRV
2012 [ ]
Legislative Election 2012 : Nord's 21st constituency
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
PRV
Jean-Louis Borloo
18,452
42.99
FG
Fabien Thiémé
10,445
24.33
EELV
Sandrine Rousseau
7,171
16.71
FN
Guy Cannie
6,045
14.08
Others
N/A
809
Turnout
42,922
52.94
2nd round result
PRV
Jean-Louis Borloo
22,959
55.83
FG
Fabien Thiémé
18,166
44.17
Turnout
41,125
50.72
PRV gain from UMP
2007 [ ]
Legislative Election 2007 : Nord 21st
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
UMP
Jean-Louis Borloo
23,605
53.69
PCF
Fabien Thiémé
8,511
19.36
PS
Jean-Luc Chagnon
6,252
14.22
FN
Dominique Slabolepszy
2,243
5.10
LV
Katia Bittner
838
1.91
LCR
Anne Wattel
738
1.68
CPNT
Laurence Gilbert
528
1.20
LO
Eric Pecqueur
422
0.96
MEI
Luc Lebrun
294
0.67
MPF
Béatrice Jobbe-Duval
267
0.61
MNR
Noël Dugardin
177
0.40
DIV
Pierre Liso
81
0.18
DIV
Vincent Roussel
7
0.02
Turnout
44,605
56.63
UMP hold
Swing
2002 [ ]
Legislative Election 2002 : Nord's 21st constituency
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
UMP
Jean-Louis Borloo
22,150
49.51
PCF
Fabien Thiémé
7,729
17.28
FN
Dominique Slabolepszy
6,026
13.47
PS
Valerie Levin
5,519
12.34
Others
N/A
3,312
Turnout
45,301
60.32
2nd round result
UMP
Jean-Louis Borloo
25,865
63.88
PCF
Fabien Thiémé
14,627
36.12
Turnout
41,721
55.56
UMP gain from UDF
1997 [ ]
Legislative Election 1997 : Nord's 21st constituency
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
UDF
Jean-Louis Borloo
17,019
34.27
PCF
Fabien Thiémé
11,154
22.46
FN
Dominique Slabolepszy
7,879
15.86
PS
Bernard Frimat
7,230
14.56
RPR
Philippe Duée*
2,136
4.30
LO
Martial Esmans
1,169
2.35
ECO
Alain Deruche
1,078
2.17
Others
N/A
2,000
Turnout
51,374
69.15
2nd round result
UDF
Jean-Louis Borloo
26,224
52.79
PCF
Fabien Thiémé
23,452
47.21
Turnout
52,225
70.30
UDF gain from DVD
* RPR dissident
1993 [ ]
Legislative Election 1993 : Nord 21st - 2nd round
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
DVD
Jean-Louis Borloo
31,622
63.07
PCF
Fabien Thiémé
18,514
36.93
Turnout
52,417
69.60
DVD gain from PCF
Swing
Sources [ ]