Marne's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Marne (French: Deuxième circonscription de la Marne) is one of five electoral districts in the department of the same name, each of which returns one deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

2nd constituency of Marne
French National Assembly
constituency
The constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne
Incumbent deputy
 Aina Kuric
Independent
DepartmentMarne
CantonsChâtillon-sur-Marne (part), Fismes, Reims I, Reims III, Reims V, Reims VIII, Ville-en-Tardenois
Registered voters73,131
(2017)

Description

The constituency is made up of six whole former cantons – those of Fismes, Reims I, Reims III, Reims V, Reims VIII, and Ville-en-Tardenois – plus the major part of the former canton of Châtillon-sur-Marne (all communes except those of Courtagnon, Nanteuil-la-Forêt, and Pourcy).[1]

It includes the centre and south of Reims as well as rural areas to the south of the city. The seat as currently delineated is substantially different from that which existed prior to the 2012 election, which contained little of Reims and was far more rural in character.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 2nd constituency had a total population of 103,767.

For 24 years from 1993 the seat was held by the Gaullist right, from 2002 in the person of Catherine Vautrin who held various posts in the governments of Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin. However, in the 2017 election Vautrin lost her seat to Aina Kuric of La République En Marche! (REM). Kuric resigned her membership of REM on 7 June 2019.

Historic representation
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Georges Colin PS
1993 Jean-Claude Étienne RPR
1997
2002 Catherine Vautrin UMP
2007
2012
2017 Aina Kuric REM

Election results

2017
Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Aina Kuric REM 11,839 34.34 14,176 51.21
Catherine Vautrin LR 9,115 26.44 13,508 48.79
Cindy Demange FN 5,552 16.10
Victorien Pâté FI 3,459 10.03
Imane Maniani PS 1,869 5.42
Patricia Coradel ECO 913 2.65
Daniel Ménard DLF 654 1.90
Catherine Huat ECO 410 1.19
Thomas Rose EXG 345 1.00
Evelyne Fernandez-Toussaint DIV 187 0.54
Axel Gaucher DIV 134 0.39
Votes 34,477 100.00 27,684 100.00
Valid votes 34,477 98.71 27,684 90.70
Blank votes 296 0.85 2,028 6.64
Null votes 154 0.44 811 2.66
Turnout 34,927 47.76 30,523 41.74
Abstentions 38,206 52.24 42,608 58.26
Registered voters 73,133 73,131
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012
Legislative Election 2012: Marne's 2nd Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UMP Catherine Vautrin 20,640 53.04
PS Eric Quenard 18,274 46.96
Turnout 39,858 54.90
UMP hold Swing

Sources
  1. As defined in 1999; the number and composition of the department's cantons was altered in 2014 but this has not yet been reflected in electoral district boundaries.
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