Nord's 17th constituency
| 17th constituency of the Nord | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Nord's 17th Constituency shown within Nord department | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Nord |
| Cantons | Arleux, Douai-Nord (part), Douai-Nord-Est, Douai-Sud (part), Douai-Sud-Ouest. |
| Registered voters | 75,067 |
The 17th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.
Description
Nord's 17th constituency contains the majority of Douai as well as the rural canton of Arleux to the south.
The seat was held by Marc Dolez from 1988 to 2017, with the sole exception of between 1993 and 1997. Dolez left the Socialist Party to join Jean-Luc Mélenchon's Left Party in 2008. At the 2012 election he faced no candidate in the second round following the withdrawal of the Socialist Party candidate.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Narcisse Pavot | SFIO | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Paul Leloir | PCF | |
| 1968 | Jean Durieux | RI | |
| 1973 | |||
| 1978 | Claude Wargnies | PCF | |
| 1981 | Paul Moreau | PS | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Marc Dolez | PS | |
| 1993 | Jacques Vernier | RPR | |
| 1997 | Marc Dolez | PS | |
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2008 | PG | ||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | Dimitri Houbron | LREM | |
| 2020 | Agir | ||
| 2022 | Thibaut François | RN | |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RN | Thibaut François | 10,414 | 32.91 | +8.53 | |||
| HOR (Ensemble) | Dimitri Houbron | 7,636 | 24.13 | +1.00 | |||
| LFI (NUPÉS) | Cyril Grandin | 7,250 | 22.91 | −4.82 | |||
| UDI (UDC) | Romain Boulant | 1,688 | 5.33 | −5.07 | |||
| REC | Valérie Norreel | 966 | 3.05 | N/A | |||
| DIV | Isabelle Maman | 841 | 2.66 | N/A | |||
| PRG | Marion Thooft | 661 | 2.09 | N/A | |||
| Others | N/A | 2,186 | 6.91 | ||||
| Turnout | 31,642 | 43.99 | −1.50 | ||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| RN | Thibaut François | 15,408 | 53.57 | +6.78 | |||
| HOR (Ensemble) | Dimitri Houbron | 13,354 | 46.43 | −6.78 | |||
| Turnout | 28,762 | 42.37 | +1.69 | ||||
| RN gain from LREM | |||||||
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Thibaut François | FN | 7,993 | 24.38 | 12,697 | 46.79 | |
| Dimitri Houbron | REM | 7,583 | 23.13 | 14,442 | 53.21 | |
| François Guiffard | FI | 3,961 | 12.08 | |||
| Charles Beauchamp | PCF | 3,955 | 12.07 | |||
| Frédéric Nihous | LR | 3,408 | 10.40 | |||
| Jean-Luc Hallé | DVG | 2,876 | 8.77 | |||
| Agnès Dupuis | PS | 1,174 | 3.58 | |||
| Lucile Wacheux | ECO | 628 | 1.92 | |||
| Amid Benchabane | ECO | 364 | 1.11 | |||
| Éric Pecqueur | EXG | 309 | 0.94 | |||
| Gaëtan Duez | DIV | 192 | 0.59 | |||
| Nicolas Rankowski | DVD | 177 | 0.54 | |||
| Léopold Pons | DVD | 159 | 0.49 | |||
| Votes | 32,779 | 100.00 | 27,139 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 32,779 | 97.88 | 27,139 | 90.65 | ||
| Blank votes | 523 | 1.56 | 1,919 | 6.41 | ||
| Null votes | 187 | 0.56 | 881 | 2.94 | ||
| Turnout | 33,489 | 45.49 | 29,939 | 40.68 | ||
| Abstentions | 40,124 | 54.51 | 43,660 | 59.32 | ||
| Registered voters | 73,613 | 73,599 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | Marc Dolez | 12,404 | 30.84 | ||||
| PS | Monique Amghar* | 9,141 | 22.73 | ||||
| FN | Chantal Bojanek | 8,234 | 20.47 | ||||
| UMP | Bruno Bufquin | 8,212 | 20.42 | ||||
| MoDem | Bruno Vandeville | 1,154 | 2.87 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 1,075 | |||||
| Turnout | 40,220 | 53.58 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| FG | Marc Dolez | 19,763 | 100.00 | ||||
| Turnout | 19,763 | 26.33 | |||||
| FG gain from PS | |||||||
* Withdrew before the 2nd round
2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Marc Dolez | 16,509 | 38.54 | ||||
| UMP | Françoise Prouvost | 13,539 | 31.60 | ||||
| PCF | Jacques Michon | 4,221 | 9.85 | ||||
| FN | Marie-Paule Darchicourt | 2,659 | 6.21 | ||||
| MoDem | Dominique Becar-Rojee | 2,013 | 4.70 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 3,898 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,579 | 58.09 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PS | Marc Dolez | 25,847 | 62.14 | ||||
| UMP | Françoise Prouvost | 15,746 | 37.86 | ||||
| Turnout | 43,303 | 57.72 | |||||
| PS hold | |||||||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Marc Dolez | 15,855 | 36.40 | ||||
| UMP | Françoise Prouvost | 11,733 | 26.94 | ||||
| FN | Monique Lamare | 6,264 | 14.38 | ||||
| PCF | Therese Pernot | 3,550 | 8.15 | ||||
| CPNT | Frederic Nihous | 1,316 | 3.02 | ||||
| UDF | Didier Sniadach | 1,061 | 2.44 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 3,781 | |||||
| Turnout | 44,416 | 60.68 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PS | Marc Dolez | 23,986 | 59.98 | ||||
| UMP | Françoise Prouvost | 16,005 | 40.02 | ||||
| Turnout | 41,677 | 56.94 | |||||
| PS hold | |||||||
1997
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Marc Dolez | 15,029 | 31.43 | ||||
| RPR | Jacques Vernier | 13,702 | 28.66 | ||||
| PCF | Pierre Lefebvre | 7,672 | 16.05 | ||||
| FN | Jean-Marie Lamare | 6,677 | 13.97 | ||||
| LO | Roger Marie | 1,296 | 2.71 | ||||
| LV | Geneviève Pirrieros | 1,027 | 2.15 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 2,408 | |||||
| Turnout | 49,580 | 69.25 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PS | Marc Dolez | 29,431 | 59.53 | ||||
| RPR | Jacques Vernier | 20,005 | 40.47 | ||||
| Turnout | 51,446 | 71.86 | |||||
| PS gain from RPR | |||||||
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).