Nord's 21st constituency
| 21st constituency of the Constituency of the National Assembly of France | |
|---|---|
 Nord's 21st constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Deputy | |
| 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 |
The 21st constituency of the Nord is a French legislative
constituency in the Nord département
.
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 | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Charles Naveau | SFIO | |
| 1968 | Arthur Moulin | UDR | |
| 1973 | Charles Naveau | PS | |
| 1978 | Marceau Gauthier | PCF | |
| 1981 | Marcel Dehoux | PS | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Fabien Thiémé | PCF | |
| 1993 | Jean-Louis Borloo | DVD
| |
| 1997 | UDF | ||
| 2002 | PRV | ||
| 2002 | Cécile Gallez | UMP | |
| 2002 | Jean-Louis Borloo | PRV | |
| 2002 | Cécile Gallez | UMP | |
| 2007 | Jean-Louis Borloo | PRV | |
| 2007 | Cécile Gallez | UMP | |
| 2010 | Jean-Louis Borloo | PRV | |
| 2012 | |||
| 2014 | Laurent Degallaix | UDI | |
| 2017 | Béatrice Descamps | ||
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UDI (UDC) | Béatrice Descamps | 11,769 | 35.43 | +2.03 | |||
RN
|
Océane Valentin | 9,508 | 28.62 | +6.72 | |||
NUPÉS )
|
Luce Troadec | 7,798 | 23.48 | -4.74 | |||
| DVD | Laurent Lasselin | 1,091 | 3.28 | N/A | |||
| REC | Corinne Laire | 1,089 | 3.28 | N/A | |||
| PA | Ludovic Aubry | 1,046 | 3.15 | N/A | |||
| Others | N/A | 915 | |||||
| Turnout | 33,216 | 41.89 | +0.14 | ||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| UDI (UDC) | Béatrice Descamps | 17,199 | 57.12 | -5.60 | |||
RN
|
Océane Valentin | 12,909 | 42.88 | +5.60 | |||
| Turnout | 30,108 | 39.59 | +1.59 | ||||
| UDI hold | |||||||
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 | ||||||
2014 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UDI | Laurent Degallaix | 9,701 | 47.02 | ||||
FN
|
Jean-Luc Laurent | 3,856 | 18.69 | ||||
| FG | Patrick Kolebacki | 2,120 | 10.27 | ||||
DVD
|
Didier Legrand | 2,100 | 10.18 | ||||
| PS | Alexandre Raskza | 1,470 | 7.12 | ||||
EELV
|
Frédéric Bigot | 735 | 3.56 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 651 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,960 | 25.84 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| UDI | Laurent Degallaix | 13,058 | 72.14 | ||||
FN
|
Jean-Luc Laurent | 5,043 | 27.86 | ||||
| Turnout | 19,298 | 23.79 | |||||
| UDI gain from PRV | |||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRV | Jean-Louis Borloo | 18,452 | 42.99 | ||||
| FG | Fabien Thiémé | 10,445 | 24.33 | ||||
EELV
|
Sandrine Rousseau | 7,171 | 16.71 | ||||
FN
|
Guy Cannie | 6,045 | 14.08 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 809 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,922 | 52.94 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PRV | Jean-Louis Borloo | 22,959 | 55.83 | ||||
| FG | Fabien Thiémé | 18,166 | 44.17 | ||||
| Turnout | 41,125 | 50.72 | |||||
| PRV gain from UMP | |||||||
2007
| 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 | ||
LMR
|
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 | ||
| DIV | Pierre Liso | 81 | 0.18 | ||
| DIV | Vincent Roussel | 7 | 0.02 | ||
| Turnout | 44,605 | 56.63 | |||
| UMP hold | Swing | ||||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Jean-Louis Borloo | 22,150 | 49.51 | ||||
| PCF | Fabien Thiémé | 7,729 | 17.28 | ||||
FN
|
Dominique Slabolepszy | 6,026 | 13.47 | ||||
| PS | Valerie Levin | 5,519 | 12.34 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 3,312 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,301 | 60.32 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| UMP | Jean-Louis Borloo | 25,865 | 63.88 | ||||
| PCF | Fabien Thiémé | 14,627 | 36.12 | ||||
| Turnout | 41,721 | 55.56 | |||||
| UMP gain from UDF | |||||||
1997
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UDF | Jean-Louis Borloo | 17,019 | 34.27 | ||||
| PCF | Fabien Thiémé | 11,154 | 22.46 | ||||
FN
|
Dominique Slabolepszy | 7,879 | 15.86 | ||||
| PS | Bernard Frimat | 7,230 | 14.56 | ||||
| RPR | Philippe Duée* | 2,136 | 4.30 | ||||
LO
|
Martial Esmans | 1,169 | 2.35 | ||||
ECO
|
Alain Deruche | 1,078 | 2.17 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 2,000 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,374 | 69.15 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| UDF | Jean-Louis Borloo | 26,224 | 52.79 | ||||
| PCF | Fabien Thiémé | 23,452 | 47.21 | ||||
| Turnout | 52,225 | 70.30 | |||||
DVD
| |||||||
* RPR dissident
1993
| 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).