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.
The constituency has 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 |
Election results
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).