Nord's 21st constituency

21st constituency of the Nord

French National Assembly
constituency

Nord's 21st constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy
 Jean-Louis Borloo
Radical Party (France)
Department Nord
Canton 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
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 Laurent Degallaix.

Historic Representatives

ElectionMemberParty
1958 Arthur Moulin UNR
1967 Charles Naveau SFIO
1968 Arthur Moulin UDR
1973 Charles Naveau PS
1978 Alain Leger PCF
1981 Marcel Dehoux PS
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 Fabien Thiémé PCF
1993 Jean-Louis Borloo DVD
1997 UDF
2002 UMP
2012 PRV
2014 Laurent Degallaix PRV

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord 21st - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Jean-Louis Borloo 22,959 55.83
FG Fabien Thiémé 18,166 44.17
Turnout 42,346 52.53
Radical hold Swing

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
Revolutionary Communist League Anne Wattel 738 1.68
Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions Laurence Gilbert 528 1.20
LO Eric Pecqueur 422 0.96
Independent Ecological Movement Luc Lebrun 294 0.67
Movement for France Béatrice Jobbe-Duval 267 0.61
National Republican Movement Noël Dugardin 177 0.40
Independent Pierre Liso 81 0.18
Independent Vincent Roussel 7 0.02
Turnout 44,605 56.63
UMP hold Swing

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord 21st - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Jean-Louis Borloo 25,865 63.88
PCF Fabien Thiémé 14,627 36.12
Turnout 41,721 55.56
UMP gain from UDF Swing

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord 21st - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UDF Jean-Louis Borloo 26,199 52.74
PCF Fabien Thiémé 23,477 47.26
Turnout 52,229 70.30
UDF gain from Miscellaneous right Swing

1993

Legislative Election 1993: Nord 21st - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Miscellaneous right Jean-Louis Borloo 31,622 63.07
PCF Fabien Thiémé 18,514 36.93
Turnout 52,417 69.60
Miscellaneous right gain from PCF Swing

Sources

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