Nord's 18th constituency

18th constituency of the Nord
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Nord's 18th constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Guy Bricout UDI
Department	Nord
Cantons	Cambrai-Est, Cambrai-Ouest, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Clary, Marcoing
Registered voters	92,017
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The 18th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

Nord's 18th constituency is seated in the town on Cambrai.

Politically the seat has swung between left and right throughout the 5th Republic, it has however been held by conservative François-Xavier Villain from 2002 to 2017.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Miscellaneous Left/meta/color" |	1958	Raymond Gernez	DVG
style="background-color: Template:Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left/meta/color" |	1967		FGDS
style="background-color: Template:Union of Democrats for the Republic/meta/color" |	1973	Jacques Legendre	UDR
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	1978		RPR
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1981	Jean Le Garrec	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1988	Jean Le Garrec	PS
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	1993	Claude Pringalle	RPR
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1997	Brigitte Douay	PS
style="background-color: Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" |	2002	François-Xavier Villain	DVD
style="background-color: Template:Union of Democrats and Independents/meta/color" |	2012		UDI
style="background-color: Template:Union of Democrats and Independents/meta/color" |	2017	Guy Bricout	UDI

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background:Template:Union of Democrats and Independents/meta/color;"|	Guy Bricout	UDI	13,232	31.45	21,669	63.67
style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"|	Claire Pommeyrol-Burlet	REM	10,684	25.40	12,363	36.33
style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"|	Mélanie Disdier	FN	10,234	24.33
style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"|	Thérèse-Marie Cardon	FI	5,071	12.05
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"|	Thomas Frémond	ECO	1,416	3.37
style="background:Template:Debout la France/meta/color;"|	Rosella Milot	DLF	615	1.46
style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"|	Gautier Thery	EXG	612	1.45
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	Emmanuelle Larsen	DIV	197	0.47
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"|	Joël Lamand	DVD	5	0.01
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"|	Vincent Harduin	ECO	2	0.00
Votes			42,068	100.00	34,032	100.00
Valid votes			42,068	97.35	34,032	89.43
Blank votes			848	1.96	2,662	6.99
Null votes			296	0.68	1,362	3.58
Turnout			43,212	47.19	38,056	41.56
Abstentions			48,363	52.81	53,516	58.44
Registered voters			91,575		91,572
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 18th Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDI	François-Xavier Villain	28,541	57.63
	PS	Martine Filleul	20,982	42.37
Turnout			51,168	55.61
	UDI hold		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord 18th - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DLR	François-Xavier Villain	26,519	57.45
	PS	Brigitte Douay	19,641	42.55
Turnout			47,745	60.08
	DLR hold		Swing

Sources

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