Nord's 17th constituency
| 17th constituency of the Nord | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Nord's 17th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 1988 | Marc Dolez | PS |
| style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | | 1993 | Jacques Vernier | RPR |
| style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Marc Dolez | PS |
| style="background-color: Template:Left Party (France)/meta/color" | | 2008 | PG | |
| style="background-color: Template:Left Front (France)/meta/color" | | 2012 | FG | |
| style="background-color: Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color" | | 2017 | Dimitri Houbron | REM |
Election results
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"| | Thibaut François | FN | 7,993 | 24.38 | 12,697 | 46.79 |
| style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"| | Dimitri Houbron | REM | 7,583 | 23.13 | 14,442 | 53.21 |
| style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"| | François Guiffard | FI | 3,961 | 12.08 | ||
| style="background:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color;"| | Charles Beauchamp | PCF | 3,955 | 12.07 | ||
| style="background:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color;"| | Frédéric Nihous | LR | 3,408 | 10.40 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color;"| | Jean-Luc Hallé | DVG | 2,876 | 8.77 | ||
| style="background:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color;"| | Agnès Dupuis | PS | 1,174 | 3.58 | ||
| style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"| | Lucile Wacheux | ECO | 628 | 1.92 | ||
| style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"| | Amid Benchabane | ECO | 364 | 1.11 | ||
| style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"| | Éric Pecqueur | EXG | 309 | 0.94 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | Gaëtan Duez | DIV | 192 | 0.59 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"| | Nicolas Rankowski | DVD | 177 | 0.54 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"| | 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 | 19,763 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | 26,896 | 35.83 | |||
| FG hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).