Nord's 21st constituency

The 21st constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

21st constituency of the Nord

French National Assembly constituency
Nord's 21st constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Béatrice Descamps UDI
Department	Nord
Cantons	Condé-sur-l'Escault (excluding the communes of Escautpont, Fresnes-sur-Escaut, Hergnies, Odomez, Vicq), Valenciennes Est. Communes de : Valenciennes (parts included in the cantons of Valenciennes Nord and Valenciennes Sud), Saint-Saulve
Registered voters	81,076

Description

Prior to 1988, the 21st constituency was the constituency of Avesnes-sur-Helpe in the southeastern part of the department. It now contains most of Valenciennes as well as some surrounding areas.

Long serving representative and former Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry Jean-Louis Borloo resigned from the seat in April 2014 due to ill health and was replaced by Mayor of Valenciennes Laurent Degallaix following a by-election.

Historic Representatives

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Arthur Moulin	UNR
	1967	Charles Naveau	SFIO
	1968	Arthur Moulin	UDR
	1973	Charles Naveau	PS
	1978	Alain Leger	PCF
	1981	Marcel Dehoux	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Fabien Thiémé	PCF
	1993	Jean-Louis Borloo	DVD
	1997		UDF
	2002		UMP
	2012		PRV
	2014	Laurent Degallaix	PRV
	2017	Béatrice Descamps	UDI

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Béatrice Descamps	UDI	11,170	33.41	18,126	62.72
	Valérie Caudron	FN	7,323	21.90	10,774	37.28
	Ophélie Tricot	FI	4,704	14.07
	Didier Legrand	DVD	3,004	8.98
	Christine Laurent	PS	1,840	5.50
	Patrick Kolebacki	PCF	1,578	4.72
	Pauline Pottier	ECO	1,315	3.93
	Laurent Lasselin	DVD	1,089	3.26
	Édith Weisshaupt	EXG	343	1.03
	Jean-Luc François Laurent	EXD	324	0.97
	Christine Braet	DIV	242	0.72
	Yazid Amara	DIV	225	0.67
	Sally Haddar	DVG	210	0.63
	Sylvain Damiani	DIV	70	0.21
Votes			33,437	100.00	28,900	100.00
Valid votes			33,437	96.97	28,900	92.09
Blank votes			809	2.35	1,771	5.64
Null votes			236	0.68	713	2.27
Turnout			34,482	41.75	31,384	38.00
Abstentions			48,113	58.25	51,205	62.00
Registered voters			82,595		82,589
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord 21st - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PR	Jean-Louis Borloo	22,959	55.83
	FG	Fabien Thiémé	18,166	44.17
Turnout			42,346	52.53
	PR hold		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord 21st

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Jean-Louis Borloo	23,605	53.69
	PCF	Fabien Thiémé	8,511	19.36
	PS	Jean-Luc Chagnon	6,252	14.22
	FN	Dominique Slabolepszy	2,243	5.10
	LV	Katia Bittner	838	1.91
	LCR	Anne Wattel	738	1.68
	CPNT	Laurence Gilbert	528	1.20
	LO	Eric Pecqueur	422	0.96
	MEI	Luc Lebrun	294	0.67
	MPF	Béatrice Jobbe-Duval	267	0.61
	MNR	Noël Dugardin	177	0.40
	Independent	Pierre Liso	81	0.18
	Independent	Vincent Roussel	7	0.02
Turnout			44,605	56.63
	UMP hold		Swing

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord 21st - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Jean-Louis Borloo	25,865	63.88
	PCF	Fabien Thiémé	14,627	36.12
Turnout			41,721	55.56
	UMP gain from UDF		Swing

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord 21st - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UDF	Jean-Louis Borloo	26,199	52.74
	PCF	Fabien Thiémé	23,477	47.26
Turnout			52,229	70.30
	UDF gain from DVD		Swing

1993

Legislative Election 1993: Nord 21st - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DVD	Jean-Louis Borloo	31,622	63.07
	PCF	Fabien Thiémé	18,514	36.93
Turnout			52,417	69.60
	DVD gain from PCF		Swing

Sources

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