Nièvre's 2nd constituency
| 2nd constituency of Nièvre | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Nièvre's 2nd Constituency shown within Burgundy. | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Nièvre |
| Cantons | 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 |
| Registered 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.
Until 2017, the constituency 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 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 1988 | Jacques Huyghues des Etages | PS |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" | | 1993 | Didier Béguin | UDF |
| style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Gaëtan Gorce | PS |
| style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 2012 | Christian Paul | PS |
| style="background-color: Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color" | | 2017 | Patrice Perrot | REM |
Election results
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"| | Patrice Perrot | REM | 14,441 | 33.81 | 18,883 | 54.62 |
| style="background:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color;"| | Christian Paul | PS | 7,812 | 18.29 | 15,686 | 45.38 |
| style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"| | Harold Blanot | FN | 6,485 | 15.18 | ||
| style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"| | Marie-Anne Guillemain | FI | 4,342 | 10.17 | ||
| style="background:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color;"| | Annie Legrain | LR | 3,804 | 8.91 | ||
| style="background:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color;"| | Monique Choquel | PCF | 1,523 | 3.57 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"| | Fabienne Cardot | DVD | 1,199 | 2.81 | ||
| style="background:Template:Debout la France/meta/color;"| | Patrick Vanhersecke | DLF | 808 | 1.89 | ||
| style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"| | Gilbert Champagne | ECO | 787 | 1.84 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | Jean de Rohan-Chabot | DIV | 412 | 0.96 | ||
| style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"| | Bernard Gagnepain | ECO | 397 | 0.93 | ||
| style="background:Template:Far-right/meta/color;"| | Henri Massol | EXD | 396 | 0.93 | ||
| style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"| | Dominique Dupuis | EXG | 309 | 0.72 | ||
| Votes | 42,715 | 100.00 | 34,569 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 42,715 | 97.23 | 34,569 | 87.46 | ||
| Blank votes | 785 | 1.79 | 2,968 | 7.51 | ||
| Null votes | 432 | 0.98 | 1,988 | 5.03 | ||
| Turnout | 43,932 | 53.33 | 39,525 | 47.98 | ||
| Abstentions | 38,447 | 46.67 | 42,850 | 52.02 | ||
| Registered voters | 82,379 | 82,375 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| 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).