Nord's 17th constituency
The 17th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.
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 Nord's 17th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |||
| Deputy |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Nord | ||
| Cantons | Arleux, Douai-Nord (part), Douai-Nord-Est, Douai-Sud (part), Douai-Sud-Ouest. | ||
| Registered voters | 75,067 | ||
Description
Nord's 17th constituency contains the majority of Douai as well as the rural canton of Arleux to the south.
The seat was held by Marc Dolez from 1988 to 2017, with the sole exception of between 1993 and 1997. Dolez left the Socialist Party to join Jean-Luc Mélenchon's Left Party in 2008. At the 2012 election he faced no candidate in the second round following the withdrawal of the Socialist Party candidate.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Marc Dolez | PS | |
| 1993 | Jacques Vernier | RPR | |
| 1997 | Marc Dolez | PS | |
| 2008 | PG | ||
| 2012 | FG | ||
| 2017 | Dimitri Houbron | REM | |
Election results
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Thibaut François | FN | 7,993 | 24.38 | 12,697 | 46.79 | |
| Dimitri Houbron | REM | 7,583 | 23.13 | 14,442 | 53.21 | |
| François Guiffard | FI | 3,961 | 12.08 | |||
| Charles Beauchamp | PCF | 3,955 | 12.07 | |||
| Frédéric Nihous | LR | 3,408 | 10.40 | |||
| Jean-Luc Hallé | DVG | 2,876 | 8.77 | |||
| Agnès Dupuis | PS | 1,174 | 3.58 | |||
| Lucile Wacheux | ECO | 628 | 1.92 | |||
| Amid Benchabane | ECO | 364 | 1.11 | |||
| Éric Pecqueur | EXG | 309 | 0.94 | |||
| Gaëtan Duez | DIV | 192 | 0.59 | |||
| Nicolas Rankowski | DVD | 177 | 0.54 | |||
| Léopold Pons | DVD | 159 | 0.49 | |||
| Votes | 32,779 | 100.00 | 27,139 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 32,779 | 97.88 | 27,139 | 90.65 | ||
| Blank votes | 523 | 1.56 | 1,919 | 6.41 | ||
| Null votes | 187 | 0.56 | 881 | 2.94 | ||
| Turnout | 33,489 | 45.49 | 29,939 | 40.68 | ||
| Abstentions | 40,124 | 54.51 | 43,660 | 59.32 | ||
| Registered voters | 73,613 | 73,599 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | Marc Dolez | 19,763 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | 26,896 | 35.83 | |||
| FG hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
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