Ardennes's 2nd constituency

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.

2nd constituency of Ardennes

French National Assembly constituency
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

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
	1958	Maurice Blin	MRP
	1962	Jean Le Gall	UNR
	1967	André Lebon	FGDS
	1978	René Visse	PCF
	1981	Gérard Istace	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Gérard Istace	PS
	1993	Philippe Mathot	UDF
	1997	Philippe Vuilque	PS
	2002
	2007
	2012	Christophe Leonard
	2017	Pierre Cordier	LR

Election results

2007

 Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Ardennes’ 2nd Constituency election results[1]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Philippe Vuilque	Socialist Party	PS	13,774	37.33%	20,363	51.48%
	Boris Ravignon	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	14,889	40.35%	19,192	48.52%
	Florence Richard	Democratic Movement	MoDem	2,115	5.73%
	Roland Bataille	National Front	FN	1,993	5.40%
	Michèle Leflon	Communist	COM	1,320	3.58%
	Jean-Michel Fournaise	Far Left	EXG	654	1.77%
	Mezhoura Nait-Abdelaziz	The Greens	VEC	558	1.51%
	Gérard Baudoin	Far Left	EXG	416	1.13%
	Josée Tilquin	Movement for France	MPF	379	1.03%
	Joël Nouet	Far Left	EXG	300	0.81%
	Jean-Pierre Jadon	Far Right	EXD	258	0.70%
	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						PS HOLD

2012

 Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Ardennes’ 2nd Constituency election results[2]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Christophe Leonard	Socialist Party	PS	10,586	30.41%	18,469	53.63%
	Boris Ravignon	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	10,373	29.80%	15,970	46.37%
	Benoît Girand	National Front	FN	5,639	16.20%
	Philippe Vuilque	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	4,720	13.56%
	Michèle Leflon	Left Front	FG	1,913	5.50%
	Sylvain Baumel	The Greens	VEC	715	2.05%
	Alain Sutter	New Centre-Presidential Majority	NCE	376	1.08%
	Mink Takawe	Far Left	EXG	175	0.50%
	Jean Pierrard	Ecologist	ECO	158	0.45%
	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						PS HOLD

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Pierre Cordier	LR	7,212	25.86	13,371	61.05
	Mario Iglesias	REM	6,269	22.48	8,530	38.95
	Guillaume Luczka	FN	5,424	19.45
	Christophe Léonard	PS	4,612	16.54
	Michel Cartiaux	FI	2,971	10.65
	Igor Nivelet	PCF	609	2.18
	Jean Pierrard	ECO	397	1.42
	Mink Takawé	EXG	237	0.85
	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

1. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/008/circons02.html
2. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/008/00802.html

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