Nord's 16th constituency

The 16th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

16th constituency of the Nord

French National Assembly constituency
Nord's 16th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Alain Bruneel PCF
Department	Nord
Cantons	Marchiennes, Douai-Nord (part), communes d'Aniche, Auberchicourt, Dechy, Écaillon, Guesnain, Lewarde, Loffre, Masny et Montigny-en-Ostrevent
Registered voters	83,611

Description

Nord's 16th constituency sits in the heart of the department around Douai. It was held by the Communist Jean-Jacques Candelier from 2007 to 2017.

Historic Representation

Alain Bruneel (2017-).

Election		Member	Party
	2007	Jean-Jacques Candelier	PCF
	2012		FG
	2017	Alain Bruneel	PCF

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Hortense de Mereuil	FN	10,444	29.09	13,478	44.14
	Alain Bruneel	PCF	7,343	20.45	17,057	55.86
	Chantal Rybak	MoDem	7,266	20.24
	Frédéric Delannoy	PS	5,584	15.55
	Nacéra Soltani	LR	2,812	7.83
	Philippe Bernard	ECO	1,050	2.92
	Roger Marie	EXG	705	1.96
	Loïc Jaspart	ECO	386	1.08
	Émilie Fauvel	DIV	311	0.87
Votes			35,901	100.00	30,535	100.00
Valid votes			35,901	97.61	30,535	91.64
Blank votes			621	1.69	2,001	6.01
Null votes			258	0.70	783	2.35
Turnout			36,780	44.30	33,319	40.13
Abstentions			46,242	55.70	49,704	59.87
Registered voters			83,022		83,023
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 16th Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	FG	Jean-Jacques Candelier	23,461	100
Turnout			30,505	36.48
	FG hold		Swing

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).