Pas-de-Calais's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of the Pas-de-Calais
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Pas-de-Calais' 2nd constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Jacqueline Maquet REM
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Cantons	Arras-Nord, Arras-Ouest, Arras-Sud, Dainville, Vimy
Registered voters	84,287
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The 2nd constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais département.

Description

Pas-de-Calais' 2nd constituency was enlarged as a result of the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies to include the entire of Arras having previously only contained the north of the city. Politically Arras is famed for being the birthplace of revolutionary Maximilien de Robespierre.

The constituency is currently held by Jacqueline Maquet who had previously represented Pas-de-Calais' 1st constituency.

Historic Representatives

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1988	André Delehedde	PS
style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" |	1993	Charles Gheerbrant	UDF
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1997	Catherine Génisson	PS
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	2012	Jacqueline Maquet	PS
style="background-color: Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color" |	2017		REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"|	Jacqueline Maquet	REM	15,889	36.58	22,847	65.51
style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"|	Alban Heusele	FN	7,718	17.77	12,028	34.49
style="background:Template:Union of Democrats and Independents/meta/color;"|	Alexandre Malfait	UDI	6,937	15.97
style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"|	Caroline Delplace	FI	5,531	12.73
style="background:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color;"|	Antoine Détourné	PS	2,880	6.63
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"|	Laure Olivier	ECO	2,051	4.72
style="background:Template:Debout la France/meta/color;"|	Véronique Loir	DLF	880	2.03
style="background:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color;"|	Leïla Dutailly	PCF	548	1.26
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	Ameline Clinckemaillié	DIV	338	0.78
style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"|	Abmajid Belhadj	EXG	307	0.71
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color;"|	Audric Alexandre	DVG	260	0.60
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color;"|	Michèle Dessenne	DVG	51	0.12
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	Benjamin Charlier	DIV	44	0.10
Votes			43,434	100.00	34,875	100.00
Valid votes			43,434	97.31	34,875	87.71
Blank votes			790	1.77	3,181	8.00
Null votes			410	0.92	1,707	4.29
Turnout			44,634	52.43	39,763	46.71
Abstentions			40,498	47.57	45,365	53.29
Registered voters			85,132		85,128
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Pas-de-Calais's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jacqueline Maquet	21,345	42.92	+4.12
	UMP	Jean-Marie Prestaux	12,962	26.06	−9.23
	FN	Dalila Decobert	8,440	16.97	+10.76
	EELV	Laure Olivier	2,377	4.78	+2.10
	FG	Sandra Dusautoir-Dionet	2,286	4.60	+2.04
	DVD	Véronique Loir	1,222	2.46	N/A
	Others	N/A	1,101
Turnout			49,733	59.00	−6.84
2nd round result
	PS	Jacqueline Maquet	27,626	59.27	+3.89
	UMP	Jean-Marie Prestaux	18,982	40.73	−3.89
Turnout			46,608	55.30	−11.07
	PS hold

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Pas-de-Calais's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Catherine Génisson	19,137	38.80
	UMP	Michel Ziolkowski	17,403	35.29
	MoDem	Denise Bocquillet	3,497	7.09
	FN	Dominique Denghin	3,063	6.21
	CPNT	Jean-Michel Becquet	1,529	3.10
	LV	Thierry Matezak	1,323	2.68
	Far left	Juliette Perrot	1,287	2.61
	PCF	Jean-Pierre Delezenne	1,263	2.56
	Others	N/A	816
Turnout			50,382	65.84
2nd round result
	PS	Catherine Génisson	27,273	55.38
	UMP	Michel Ziolkowski	21,977	44.62
Turnout			50,788	66.37
	PS hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Pas-de-Calais's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Catherine Génisson	15,812	32.71
	UMP	Francois Desmaziere	11,995	24.82
	FN	Catherine Salagnac	6,029	12.47
	PR	Jean-Marie Alexandre	3,644	7.54
	MPF	Jean-Francois Depret	3,298	6.82
	CPNT	Jean-Michel Becquet	2,230	4.61
	PCF	Jacques Patris	1,340	2.77
	Others	N/A	3,988
Turnout			49,585	67.13
2nd round result
	PS	Catherine Génisson	24,766	54.16
	UMP	Francois Desmaziere	20,962	45.84
Turnout			48,008	64.97
	PS hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Pas-de-Calais's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDF	Charles Gheerbrant	13,480	26.39
	PS	Catherine Génisson	13,115	25.68
	MRC	Jean-Marie Alexandre	11,844	23.19
	FN	Yvon-Marie Lherbier	7,344	14.38
	DVE	Gilles Pennequin	3,565	6.98
	DVD	Walter Lamiet	1,729	3.39
Turnout			53,956	76.74
2nd round result
	PS	Catherine Génisson	29,317	56.89
	UDF	Charles Gheerbrant	22,216	43.11
Turnout			55,013	78.23
	PS gain from UDF

Sources

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