Nord's 20th constituency
| 20th constituency of the Nord | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Nord's 20th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Nord |
| Cantons | Anzin (part), Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive droite, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive gauche, |
| Registered voters | 80,858 |
The 20th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.
Description
Nord's 20th constituency occupies the areas between the city of Valenciennes and the border with Belgium.
The constituency was held by veteran communist Alain Bocquet from 1978 to 2017.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Union for the New Republic/meta/color" | | 1958 | Pierre Carous | UNR |
| style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" | | 1962 | Arthur Musmeaux | PCF |
| style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party (France)/meta/color" | | 1973 | Georges Donnez | MDSF |
| style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" | | 1978 | Alain Bocquet | PCF |
| 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" | | 1978 | Alain Bocquet | PCF |
| style="background-color: Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" | | 2017 | Fabien Roussel | PCF |
Election results
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| style="background:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color;"| | Fabien Roussel | PCF | 7,712 | 23.61 | 18,633 | 63.88 |
| style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"| | Ludovic de Danne | FN | 7,397 | 22.65 | 10,538 | 36.12 |
| style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"| | Daniel Zielinski | REM | 6,588 | 20.17 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color;"| | Éric Renaud | DVG | 3,124 | 9.56 | ||
| style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"| | David Richer | FI | 3,031 | 9.28 | ||
| style="background:Template:Union of Democrats and Independents/meta/color;"| | David Bustin | UDI | 1,839 | 5.63 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"| | Éric Castelain | DVD | 1,112 | 3.40 | ||
| style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"| | Frédéric Bigot | ECO | 699 | 2.14 | ||
| style="background:Template:Far-right/meta/color;"| | Dominique Slabolepszy | EXD | 515 | 1.58 | ||
| style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"| | Bruno Leclercq | EXG | 282 | 0.86 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"| | Thierry Aubert | DVD | 209 | 0.64 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | Christelle Carpentier | DIV | 156 | 0.48 | ||
| Votes | 32,664 | 100.00 | 29,171 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 32,664 | 98.13 | 29,171 | 94.47 | ||
| Blank votes | 432 | 1.30 | 1,196 | 3.87 | ||
| Null votes | 192 | 0.58 | 513 | 1.66 | ||
| Turnout | 33,288 | 41.04 | 30,880 | 38.08 | ||
| Abstentions | 47,827 | 58.96 | 50,223 | 61.92 | ||
| Registered voters | 81,115 | 81,103 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | Alain Bocquet | 24,762 | 66.27 | ||
| FN | Nathalie Betegnies | 12,606 | 33.73 | ||
| Turnout | 39,207 | 48.49 | |||
| FG hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).