Nord's 20th constituency
| 20th constituency of Constituency of the National Assembly of France | |
|---|---|
 Nord's 20th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Nord |
| Cantons | Anzin (part), Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive droite, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive gauche, |
| Registered voters | 80,858 |
The 20th constituency of Nord is a French legislative
constituency in the Nord department
.
Description
Nord's 20th constituency occupies the areas between the city of Valenciennes and the border with Belgium.
The constituency is a stronghold of the French Communist Party (PCF), and was held by veteran communist Alain Bocquet from 1988 to 2017. It is currently held by PCF National Secretary and 2022 presidential election candidate Fabien Roussel.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Fernand Duchâteau | SFIO | |
| 1962 | Henri Fiévez | PCF | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1968 | |||
| 1973 | Gustave Ansart | ||
| 1978 | |||
| 1981 | |||
| 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Alain Bocquet | PCF | |
| 1993 | |||
| 1997 | |||
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | Fabien Roussel | ||
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NUPÉS )
|
Fabien Roussel | 10,819 | 34.15 | +1.26 | |||
RN
|
Guillaume Florquin | 10,334 | 32.62 | +9.97 | |||
Ensemble )
|
Delphine Alexandre | 4,654 | 14.69 | -5.48 | |||
| LFI | Éric Renaud* | 2,757 | 8.70 | N/A | |||
| REC | Béatrice Lasserre | 1,011 | 3.19 | N/A | |||
| PA | Rudy Patel | 960 | 3.03 | N/A | |||
| Others | N/A | 1,144 | 3.61 | ||||
| Turnout | 31,679 | 39.62 | -1.42 | ||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
NUPÉS )
|
Fabien Roussel | 16,439 | 54.50 | -9.38 | |||
RN
|
Guillaume Florquin | 13,725 | 45.50 | +9.38 | |||
| Turnout | 30,164 | 39.48 | +1.40 | ||||
| PCF hold | |||||||
* LFI dissident
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Fabien Roussel | PCF | 7,712 | 23.61 | 18,633 | 63.88 | |
| Ludovic de Danne | FN
|
7,397 | 22.65 | 10,538 | 36.12 | |
| Daniel Zielinski | REM
|
6,588 | 20.17 | |||
| Éric Renaud | DVG | 3,124 | 9.56 | |||
| David Richer | FI | 3,031 | 9.28 | |||
| David Bustin | UDI | 1,839 | 5.63 | |||
| Éric Castelain | DVD | 1,112 | 3.40 | |||
| Frédéric Bigot | ECO
|
699 | 2.14 | |||
| Dominique Slabolepszy | EXD
|
515 | 1.58 | |||
| Bruno Leclercq | EXG
|
282 | 0.86 | |||
| Thierry Aubert | DVD | 209 | 0.64 | |||
| Christelle Carpentier | DIV
|
156 | 0.48 | |||
| Votes | 32,664 | 100.00 | 29,171 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 32,664 | 98.13 | 29,171 | 94.47 | ||
| Blank votes | 432 | 1.30 | 1,196 | 3.87 | ||
| Null votes | 192 | 0.58 | 513 | 1.66 | ||
| Turnout | 33,288 | 41.04 | 30,880 | 38.08 | ||
| Abstentions | 47,827 | 58.96 | 50,223 | 61.92 | ||
| Registered voters | 81,115 | 81,103 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | Alain Bocquet | 18,549 | 46.57 | ||||
FN
|
Nathalie Betegnies | 8,654 | 21.73 | ||||
| UMP | Monique Huon | 5,376 | 13.50 | ||||
| PS | Sébastien Urgu | 4,946 | 12.42 | ||||
DVD
|
Gilles Waddington | 799 | 2.01 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 1,510 | |||||
| Turnout | 39,834 | 49.26 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| FG | Alain Bocquet | 24,762 | 66.27 | ||||
FN
|
Nathalie Betegnies | 12,606 | 33.73 | ||||
| Turnout | 37,368 | 46.21 | |||||
| FG gain from PCF | |||||||
2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCF | Alain Bocquet | 21,320 | 46.49 | ||||
| UMP | Marie-Thérèse Garcia | 9,989 | 21.78 | ||||
| PS | Marie-Geneviève Degrandsart | 4,170 | 9.09 | ||||
DVD
|
Eric Castelain | 2,890 | 6.30 | ||||
FN
|
Michelle Beal | 2,494 | 5.44 | ||||
| MoDem | Françoise Mascotto | 1,869 | 4.08 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 3,129 | |||||
| Turnout | 46,610 | 56.35 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PCF | Alain Bocquet | 29,933 | 69.17 | ||||
| UMP | Marie-Thérèse Garcia | 13,340 | 30.83 | ||||
| Turnout | 44,393 | 53.67 | |||||
| PCF hold | |||||||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCF | Alain Bocquet | 18,374 | 39.58 | ||||
| UMP | Sylvie Woelffle | 9,087 | 19.57 | ||||
FN
|
Carl Lang | 8,663 | 18.66 | ||||
| PS | Marie-Geneviève Degrandsart | 4,960 | 10.68 | ||||
LMR
|
Monique Huon | 1,448 | 3.12 | ||||
| LV | Luc Coppin | 1,328 | 2.86 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 2,568 | |||||
| Turnout | 47,307 | 58.78 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PCF | Alain Bocquet | 26,904 | 63.97 | ||||
| UMP | Sylvie Woelffle | 15,150 | 36.03 | ||||
| Turnout | 43,705 | 54.51 | |||||
| PCF hold | |||||||
1997
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCF | Alain Bocquet | 21,228 | 41.10 | ||||
FN
|
Michelle Beal | 10,442 | 20.22 | ||||
| PS | Nadine Cochy | 7,242 | 14.02 | ||||
| RPR | Alexis Massart | 7,013 | 13.58 | ||||
| GE | Christian Atzori | 1,351 | 2.62 | ||||
LO
|
Jean-Pierre Lecesne | 1,314 | 2.54 | ||||
DVD
|
Michel Benit | 1,118 | 2.16 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 1,946 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,963 | 69.79 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PCF | Alain Bocquet | 32,535 | 69.33 | ||||
FN
|
Michelle Beal | 14,392 | 30.67 | ||||
| Turnout | 52,763 | 68.24 | |||||
| PCF hold | |||||||
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).