Nord's 17th constituency

17th constituency of the Nord
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Nord's 17th Constituency shown within Nord department
Deputy
DepartmentNord
CantonsArleux, Douai-Nord (part), Douai-Nord-Est, Douai-Sud (part), Douai-Sud-Ouest.
Registered voters75,067

The 17th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description[edit]

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[edit]

Election Member Party
1958 Narcisse Pavot SFIO
1962
1967 Paul Leloir PCF
1968 Jean Durieux RI
1973
1978 Claude Wargnies PCF
1981 Paul Moreau PS
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 Marc Dolez PS
1993 Jacques Vernier RPR
1997 Marc Dolez PS
2002
2007
2008 PG
2012
2017 Dimitri Houbron LREM
2020 Agir
2022 Thibaut François RN

Election results[edit]

2022[edit]

Legislative Election 2022: Nord's 17th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RN Thibaut François 10,414 32.91 +8.53
Horizons (Ensemble) Dimitri Houbron 7,636 24.13 +1.00
LFI (NUPÉS) Cyril Grandin 7,250 22.91 -4.82
UDI (UDC) Romain Boulant 1,688 5.33 -5.07
REC Valérie Norreel 966 3.05 N/A
DIV Isabelle Maman 841 2.66 N/A
PRG Marion Thooft 661 2.09 N/A
Others N/A 2,186 6.91
Turnout 31,642 43.99 -1.50
2nd round result
RN Thibaut François 15,408 53.57 +6.78
Horizons (Ensemble) Dimitri Houbron 13,354 46.43 -6.78
Turnout 28,762 42.37 +1.69
RN gain from LREM

2017[edit]

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[edit]

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 17th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
FG Marc Dolez 12,404 30.84
PS Monique Amghar* 9,141 22.73
FN Chantal Bojanek 8,234 20.47
UMP Bruno Bufquin 8,212 20.42
MoDem Bruno Vandeville 1,154 2.87
Others N/A 1,075
Turnout 40,220 53.58
2nd round result
FG Marc Dolez 19,763 100.00
Turnout 19,763 26.33
FG gain from PS

* Withdrew before the 2nd round

2007[edit]

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 17th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Marc Dolez 16,509 38.54
UMP Françoise Prouvost 13,539 31.60
PCF Jacques Michon 4,221 9.85
FN Marie-Paule Darchicourt 2,659 6.21
MoDem Dominique Becar-Rojee 2,013 4.70
Others N/A 3,898
Turnout 43,579 58.09
2nd round result
PS Marc Dolez 25,847 62.14
UMP Françoise Prouvost 15,746 37.86
Turnout 43,303 57.72
PS hold

2002[edit]

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 17th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Marc Dolez 15,855 36.40
UMP Françoise Prouvost 11,733 26.94
FN Monique Lamare 6,264 14.38
PCF Therese Pernot 3,550 8.15
LMR Frederic Nihous 1,316 3.02
UDF Didier Sniadach 1,061 2.44
Others N/A 3,781
Turnout 44,416 60.68
2nd round result
PS Marc Dolez 23,986 59.98
UMP Françoise Prouvost 16,005 40.02
Turnout 41,677 56.94
PS hold

1997[edit]

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 17th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Marc Dolez 15,029 31.43
RPR Jacques Vernier 13,702 28.66
PCF Pierre Lefebvre 7,672 16.05
FN Jean-Marie Lamare 6,677 13.97
LO Roger Marie 1,296 2.71
LV Geneviève Pirrieros 1,027 2.15
Others N/A 2,408
Turnout 49,580 69.25
2nd round result
PS Marc Dolez 29,431 59.53
RPR Jacques Vernier 20,005 40.47
Turnout 51,446 71.86
PS gain from RPR

Sources[edit]

  • Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).