Nord's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

2nd constituency of Nord

French National Assembly constituency
Nord's 2nd Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Deputy	Ugo Bernalicis FI
Department	Nord
Cantons	Lille-Est, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Lille-Sud-Est (part)
Registered voters	87,326

Description

Nord's 2nd constituency covers the eastern portion of Lille including the suburbs of Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Lezennes and Ronchin.

Politically the seat was a bastion of the Socialist Party until 2017 and was for many years held by former President of the Nord General Council Bernard Derosier. It is also notable for being held for many years by Pierre Mauroy the Prime Minister of France between 1981 and 1984, Mauroy was also the Mayor of Lille for 28 years.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1958	Henri Duterne	UNR
	1968	Pierre Billecocq	UDR
	1973	Pierre Mauroy	PS
	1978
	1981	Pierre Mauroy, then Pierre Dassonville		Pierre Dassonville substitute for Pierre Mauroy, appointed Prime Minister
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Bernard Derosier	PS
	1993
	1997
	2002
	2007
	2012	Audrey Linkenheld	PS
	2017	Ugo Bernalicis	FI

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Houmria Berrada	REM	8,935	22.53	10,962	35.85
	Ugo Bernalicis	FI	7,598	19.16	19,619	64.15
	Audrey Linkenheld	PS	7,314	18.45
	Véronique Descamps	FN	5,554	14.01
	Florence Bariseau	LR	4,731	11.93
	Hélène Hardy	ECO	1,920	4.84
	Romain Leclercq	PCF	711	1.79
	Virginie Chauchoy	DIV	555	1.40
	Mohamed Bousnane	ECO	514	1.30
	Sébastien de Gouy	ECO	378	0.95
	Pascale Rougée	EXG	354	0.89
	Elies Ben Helal	DIV	302	0.76
	Pascal-Alexandre Dudenko	DVG	277	0.70
	Madjid Messabihi	DIV	268	0.68
	Tania Gandrot	DVG	213	0.54
	Arnaud Beils	DIV	28	0.07
Votes			39,652	100.00	30,581	100.00
Valid votes			39,652	97.98	30,581	87.18
Blank votes			553	1.37	3,046	8.68
Null votes			263	0.65	1,449	4.13
Turnout			40,468	46.70	35,076	40.47
Abstentions			46,195	53.30	51,589	59.53
Registered voters			86,663		86,665
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 1st Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Audrey Linkenheld	27,225	64.69
	UMP	Caroline Boisard-Vannier	14,858	35.31
Turnout			43,743	50.09
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

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