Meurthe-et-Moselle's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Meurthe-et-Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département.

2nd constituency of Meurthe-et-Moselle

French National Assembly constituency
Meurthe-et-Moselle's 2nd Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Laurent Garcia MoDem
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Cantons	Jarville-la-Malgrange, Laxou, Nancy-Ouest, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy-Est, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy-Ouest
Registered voters	70,929

Description

Meurthe-et-Moselle's 2nd constituency contains the western part of Nancy as well as the large commuter suburb of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy.

The seat is marginal but was held by Hervé Feron of the Socialist Party until 2017.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Gérard Léonard	RPR
	1997	René Mangin	PS
	2002	Gérard Léonard	UMP
	2007	Hervé Feron	PS
	2017	Laurent Garcia	MoDem

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Laurent Garcia	MoDem	14,871	42.66	17,487	66.82
	Valérie Debord	LR	5,839	16.75	8,684	33.18
	Hervé Féron	PS	4,881	14.00
	Nassima Faïq	FI	3,508	10.06
	Grégoire Eury	FN	3,268	9.37
	Danièle Vatrey	ECO	677	1.94
	Bora Yilmaz	PCF	624	1.79
	Lionel Chambrot	ECO	416	1.19
	Patricia Schlater	DLF	398	1.14
	Monique Etchevest	DIV	195	0.56
	Jacques Lacreuse	EXG	184	0.53
	Julien Gniadek	DIV		0.00
Votes			34,861	100.00	26,171	100.00
Valid votes			34,861	98.55	26,171	87.89
Blank votes			377	1.07	2,755	9.25
Null votes			135	0.38	850	2.85
Turnout			35,373	51.56	29,776	43.40
Abstentions			33,227	48.44	38,825	56.60
Registered voters			68,600		68,601
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Meurthe-et-Moselle's 2nd Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Hervé Feron	21,803	54.15
	UMP	Valérie Rosso-Debord	18,458	45.85
Turnout			41,254	58.16
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).