Nièvre's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of Nièvre

French National Assembly constituency
Nièvre's 2nd Constituency shown within Burgundy.
Deputy	Christian Paul PS
Department	Nièvre
Canton	Brinon-sur-Beuvron, Château-Chinon (Ville), Châtillon-en-Bazois, Clamecy, Corbigny, Decize, Donzy, Dornes, Fours, Guérigny, Lormes, Luzy, La Machine, Montsauche-les-Settons, Moulins-Engilbert, Prémery, Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier, Saint-Saulge, Tannay, Varzy
Voters	86,663

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

Description

The 2nd constituency of the Nièvre covers the largely rural east and centre of the department.

The constituency has returned Socialists at every election since 1988 with the exception of the 1993 election. It was won by ENA graduate Christian Paul in 2012 who previously had represented Nièvre's 3rd constituency.

It includes Chateau-Chinon, for many years the electoral base of President Francois Mitterrand.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jacques Huyghues des Etages	PS
	1993	Didier Béguin	UDF
	1997	Gaëtan Gorce	PS
	2012	Christian Paul	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nièvre's 2nd Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Christian Paul	31,471	65.55
	UMP	Michèle Boucomont	16,538	34.45
Turnout			50,106	57.82
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

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