Ardennes's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of Ardennes
2nd constituency of Ardennes
inlineConstituency of the ; National Assembly of France
	Ardennes' 2nd Constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne
Deputy	Pierre Cordier; LR
Department	Ardennes
Cantons	Charleville-La Houillère, Fumay, Givet, Mézières-Centre-Ouest, Monthermé, Nouzonville, Renwez, Revin, Rocroi
Registered voters	65,105
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The 2nd constituency of the Ardennes is a French legislative constituency in the Ardennes département. It is currently represented by Pierre Cordier of The Republicans.

Description

It is located in the northern corner of the Department at the Belgian border, and cuts the town of Charleville-Mézières in two, along with the Ardennes' 1st constituency.

Deputies

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Popular Republican Movement/meta/color" \|	1958	Maurice Blin [fr]	MRP
style="background-color: Template:Union for the New Republic/meta/color" \|	1962	Jean Le Gall [fr]	UNR
style="background-color: Template:Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left/meta/color" \|	1967	André Lebon [fr]	FGDS
style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" \|	1978	René Visse	PCF
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	1981	Gérard Istace	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	1988	Gérard Istace	PS
style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" \|	1993	Philippe Mathot [fr]	UDF
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	1997	Philippe Vuilque	PS
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	2002
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	2007
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	2012	Christophe Leonard [fr]
style="background-color: Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color" \|	2017	Pierre Cordier	LR

Election results

2007

e • d Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Ardennes’ 2nd Constituency election results^[1]
Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	Philippe Vuilque	Socialist Party	PS	13,774	37.33%	20,363	51.48%
style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	Boris Ravignon	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	14,889	40.35%	19,192	48.52%
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Movement (France)/meta/color" \|	Florence Richard	Democratic Movement	MoDem	2,115	5.73%
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Roland Bataille	National Front	FN	1,993	5.40%
style="background-color:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" \|	Michèle Leflon	Communist	COM	1,320	3.58%
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Jean-Michel Fournaise	Far Left	EXG	654	1.77%
style="background-color:Template:The Greens (France)/meta/color" \|	Mezhoura Nait-Abdelaziz	The Greens	VEC	558	1.51%
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Gérard Baudoin	Far Left	EXG	416	1.13%
style="background-color:Template:Movement for France/meta/color" \|	Josée Tilquin	Movement for France	MPF	379	1.03%
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Joël Nouet	Far Left	EXG	300	0.81%
style="background-color:Template:Far right/meta/color" \|	Jean-Pierre Jadon	Far Right	EXD	258	0.70%
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Abderzake Chaouchi	Divers	DIV	245	0.66%

Total				36,901	100%	39,555	100%

Registered voters				66,252		66,233
Blank/Void ballots				533	1.42%	856	2.12%
Turnout				37,434	56.50%	40,411	61.01%
Abstentions				28,818	43.50%	25,822	38.99%

Result						colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \| PS HOLD

2012

e • d Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Ardennes’ 2nd Constituency election results^[2]
Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	Christophe Leonard	Socialist Party	PS	10,586	30.41%	18,469	53.63%
style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	Boris Ravignon	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	10,373	29.80%	15,970	46.37%
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Benoît Girand	National Front	FN	5,639	16.20%
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Left/meta/color" \|	Philippe Vuilque	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	4,720	13.56%
style="background-color:Template:Left Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Michèle Leflon	Left Front	FG	1,913	5.50%
style="background-color:Template:The Greens (France)/meta/color" \|	Sylvain Baumel	The Greens	VEC	715	2.05%
style="background-color:Template:New Centre/meta/color" \|	Alain Sutter	New Centre-Presidential Majority	NCE	376	1.08%
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Mink Takawe	Far Left	EXG	175	0.50%
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Jean Pierrard	Ecologist	ECO	158	0.45%
style="background-color:Template:Radical Party (France)/meta/color" \|	Claire Combis	Radical Party	PRV	153	0.44%

Total				34,808	100%	34,439	100%

Registered voters				64,802		65,105
Blank/Void ballots				439	1.25%	1,025	2.89%
Turnout				35,247	54.39%	35,464	54.47%
Abstentions				29,555	45.61%	29,641	45.53%

Result						colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \| PS HOLD

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
Candidate		Label	Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color;"\|	Pierre Cordier	LR	7,212	25.86	13,371	61.05
style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"\|	Mario Iglesias	REM	6,269	22.48	8,530	38.95
style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"\|	Guillaume Luczka	FN	5,424	19.45
style="background:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color;"\|	Christophe Léonard	PS	4,612	16.54
style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"\|	Michel Cartiaux	FI	2,971	10.65
style="background:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color;"\|	Igor Nivelet	PCF	609	2.18
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"\|	Jean Pierrard	ECO	397	1.42
style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"\|	Mink Takawé	EXG	237	0.85
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"\|	Laurence Cahagne	DIV	154	0.55

Votes			27,885	100.00	21,901	100.00

Valid votes			27,885	98.33	21,901	89.41
Blank votes			311	1.10	1,724	7.04
Null votes			163	0.57	870	3.55
Turnout			28,359	44.39	24,495	38.35
Abstentions			35,523	55.61	39,385	61.65
Registered voters			63,882		63,880

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Sources

French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

[1] ttps://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/008/circons02.html

[2] ttps://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/008/00802.html

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