Nord's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of Nord
French National Assembly ; constituency
	Nord's 2nd Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Deputy
	Ugo Bernalicis; FI
Department	Nord
Cantons	Lille-Est, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Lille-Sud-Est (part)
Registered voters	87,326

The 2nd constituency of Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description[]

Nord's 2nd constituency covers the eastern portion of Lille including the suburbs of Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Lezennes and Ronchin.

Politically the seat was a bastion of the Socialist Party until 2017 and was for many years held by former President of the Nord General Council Bernard Derosier. It is also notable for being held for many years by Pierre Mauroy the Prime Minister of France between 1981 and 1984, Mauroy was also the Mayor of Lille for 28 years.

Historic Representation[]

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1958		UNR
	1968		UDR
	1973	Pierre Mauroy	PS
	1978	Pierre Mauroy
	1981	Pierre Mauroy, then		substitute for Pierre Mauroy, appointed Prime Minister
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Bernard Derosier	PS
	1993
	1997
	2002
	2007
	2012	Audrey Linkenheld	PS
	2017	Ugo Bernalicis	FI

Election results[]

2017[]

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
Candidate		Label	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Houmria Berrada	REM	8,935	22.53	10,962	35.85
	Ugo Bernalicis	FI	7,598	19.16	19,619	64.15
	Audrey Linkenheld	PS	7,314	18.45
	Véronique Descamps	FN	5,554	14.01
	Florence Bariseau	LR	4,731	11.93
		ECO	1,920	4.84
	Romain Leclercq	PCF	711	1.79
	Virginie Chauchoy	DIV	555	1.40
	Mohamed Bousnane	ECO	514	1.30
	Sébastien de Gouy	ECO	378	0.95
	Pascale Rougée	EXG	354	0.89
	Elies Ben Helal	DIV	302	0.76
	Pascal-Alexandre Dudenko	DVG	277	0.70
	Madjid Messabihi	DIV	268	0.68
	Tania Gandrot	DVG	213	0.54
	Arnaud Beils	DIV	28	0.07

Votes			39,652	100.00	30,581	100.00

Valid votes			39,652	97.98	30,581	87.18
Blank votes			553	1.37	3,046	8.68
Null votes			263	0.65	1,449	4.13
Turnout			40,468	46.70	35,076	40.47
Abstentions			46,195	53.30	51,589	59.53
Registered voters			86,663		86,665

Source: Ministry of the Interior^[1]

2012[]

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 2nd constituency^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Audrey Linkenheld	18,385	40.44	+4.15
	UMP	Caroline Boisard-Vannier	9,238	20.32	-8.56
	FN	Thérèse Lesaffre	6,542	14.39	+9.92
	FG	Ugo Bernalicis	4,031	8.87	+5.39
	EELV	Eric Quiquet	3,382	7.44	+2.09
	DVD	Christian Carnois	1,753	3.86	N/A

	Others	N/A	2,131
Turnout			45,462	52.06	-5.14
2nd round result
	PS	Audrey Linkenheld	27,225	64.69	+6.02
	UMP	Caroline Boisard-Vannier	14,858	35.31	-6.02
Turnout			42,083	48.19	-7.99
	PS hold

2007[]

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 2nd constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Bernard Derosier	14,965	36.29	+6.47
	UMP	Caroline Vannier	11,909	28.88	+2.41
	MoDem	Christian Carnois	5,299	12.85	N/A
	LV	Jean-Pierre Mispelon	2,205	5.35	+2.37
	FN	Frédéric Gossart	1,842	4.47	-6.63
	EXG	Lydie Thouvenot	1,529	3.71	N/A
	PCF	Roger Maly	1,434	3.48	+1.06

	Others	N/A	2,051
Turnout			41,867	57.20	-4.11
2nd round result
	PS	Bernard Derosier	23,180	58.67	+4.10
	UMP	Caroline Vannier	16,327	41.33	-4.10
Turnout			41,121	56.18	+0.25
	PS hold

2002[]

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 2nd constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Bernard Derosier	12,792	29.82	-6.44
	UMP	Christian Carnois	11,352	26.47	+6.33
	PR	Gerard Caudron	7,943	18.52	N/A
	FN	Anne Coolzaet	4,761	11.10	-4.36
	LV	Marie Agbessi	1,280	2.98	-1.26
	DVG	Nabil El Haggar	1,140	2.66	N/A
	PCF	Celine Cuvelier	1,038	2.42	-6.27

	Others	N/A	2,585
Turnout			43,493	61.31	-4.22
2nd round result
	PS	Bernard Derosier	20,501	54.57	-9.13
	UMP	Christian Carnois	17,064	45.43	+9.13
Turnout			39,677	55.93	-11.40
	PS hold

1997[]

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 2nd constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PS	Bernard Derosier	15,497	36.26
	RPR	Dominique Rosselle	8,608	20.14
	FN	Philippe Bernard	6,605	15.46
	PCF	Jean Raymond de Grève	3,715	8.69
	LO	Gilles Boury	1,906	4.46
	LV	Ronald Charbaut	1,814	4.24
	DVD	Jean Victor Lamon	915	2.14

	Others	N/A	3,674
Turnout			44,471	65.53
2nd round result
	PS	Bernard Derosier	27,268	63.70
	RPR	Dominique Rosselle	15,536	36.30
Turnout			45,690	67.33
	PS hold

Sources[]

^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). French Ministry of the Interior.
^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.

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

[2017int-1] "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). French Ministry of the Interior.

[2012int-2] "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.

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