Aisne's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of the Aisne

French National Assembly constituency
Ainse's 2nd constituency shown within Picardie
Deputy	Xavier Bertrand UMP
Department	Aisne
Canton	Le Catelet, Moy-de-l'Aisne, Saint-Quentin Centre, Saint-Quentin Nord, Saint-Quentin Sud, Saint-Simon, Vermand
Voters	73,254

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

Description

Aisne's 2nd constituency surrounds the city of Saint-Quentin in the north west of the department.

Historically the seat has swung between left and right. It has seen long periods of both Gaullist and Communist control.

At the 2012 elections former Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and UMP Chairman Xavier Bertrand held on to seat by only 222 votes.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Edmond Bricout	UNR
	1968		UDR
	1973	Daniel Le Meur	PCF
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Daniel Le Meur	PCF
	1993	Charles Baur	UDF
	1997	Odette Grzegrzulka	PS
	2002	Xavier Bertrand	Xavier Bertrand

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Aisne's 2nd constituency - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Xavier Bertrand	22,445	50.25
	PS	Anne Ferreira	22,223	49.75
Turnout			45,983	62.77
	UMP hold		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Aisne 2nd
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Xavier Bertrand	24,007	52.28
	PS	Odette Grzegrzulka	10,278	22.81
	FN	Michèle Dall'ara	2,382	5.29
	PCF	Jean-Luc Tournay	2,191	4.86
	MoDem	Ahmed Bahaddou	1,298	2.88
	CRM	Freddy Grzeziczak	1,195	2.65
	Revolutionary Communist League	Franck Mousset	847	1.88
	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions	Alain Betems	525	1.17
	LV	Nora Ahmed-Ali	470	1.04
	LO	Anne Zanditenas	461	1.02
	Workers' Party	Nicole Aurigny	347	0.77
	Ecology Generation	Daniel Wargnier	336	0.75
	National Republican Movement	Marie-José Guillet	276	0.61
	Movement for France	Carmel Desjoyaux	261	0.58
	Other Ecologist	Bertrand Sene	184	0.41
Turnout			45,058	61.45
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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