Nord's 19th constituency

19th constituency of the North
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Nord's 19th constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy
DepartmentNord
CantonsBouchain, Denain, Valenciennes-Sud (part).
Registered voters79,055

Nord's nineteenth constituency is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département (in the far North of France). It is one of twenty-one in that département, and covers three cantons in whole or in part : Bouchain, Denain and Valenciennes-Sud (minus Valenciennes itself).[1]

Patrick Roy, MP from 2002 until his death in 2011, known for his colourful clothes and love of heavy metal music.[2]

Deputies[edit]

This was a consistently left-wing constituency until 2017. It was long held by the French Communist Party prior to the 2002 election.

Election Member[3] Party
1958 Pierre Carous UNR
1962 Arthur Musmeaux PCF
1967
1968
1973 Georges Donnez MDSF
1978 Alain Bocquet PCF
1981
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 Gustave Ansart PCF
1990 René Carpentier
1993
1997 Patrick Leroy
2002 Patrick Roy PS
2007
2011 Marie-Claude Marchand
2012 Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini
2017 Sébastien Chenu FN
2022 RN

Election results[edit]

2022[edit]

Legislative Election 2022: Nord's 19th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RN Sébastien Chenu 14,758 44.35 +11.14
PCF (NUPÉS) Patrick Soloch 8,532 25.64 -11.03
LREM (Ensemble) Emmanuel Cherrier 5,839 17.55 -0.53
UDI (UDC) Bruno Raczkiewicz 1,106 3.32 -3.62
PA Vincent Duquenne 971 2.92 N/A
REC Christine Troia 813 2.44 N/A
LO Cecile Bourlet 672 2.02 N/A
DIV Djemi Drici 585 1.76 N/A
Turnout 33,276 42.29
2nd round result
RN Sébastien Chenu 17,451 57.15 +1.80
PCF (NUPÉS) Patrick Soloch 13,085 42.85 N/A
Turnout 30,536 41.09 +0.53
RN hold

2017[edit]

Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Sébastien Chenu FN 11,839 33.21 16,013 55.35
Sabine Hebbar MoDem 6,443 18.08 12,920 44.65
Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini PS 5,019 14.08
Julien Poix FI 4,573 12.83
Pascal Jean PCF 3,480 9.76
Olivier Capron LR 2,472 6.94
Xavier Blottière ECO 639 1.79
Marlène Wrobel EXG 439 1.23
Serge Thomès EXD 336 0.94
Sébastien Dufour DIV 243 0.68
Saïda Bamoune DVG 161 0.45
Votes 35,644 100.00 28,933 100.00
Valid votes 35,644 97.74 28,933 90.20
Blank votes 607 1.66 2,176 6.78
Null votes 219 0.60 967 3.01
Turnout 36,470 46.11 32,076 40.56
Abstentions 42,631 53.89 47,011 59.44
Registered voters 79,101 79,087
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012[edit]

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 19th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini 13,756 32.84
FG Michel Lefebvre* 10,137 24.20
FN Catherine Rouvier 8,215 19.61
UMP Olivier Capron 6,185 14.76
DVG Marie-Claude Marchand 1,067 2.55
Others N/A 2,530
Turnout 41,890 52.99
2nd round result
PS Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini 19,873 100.00
Turnout 19,873 25.14
PS hold

* Withdrew before the 2nd round

2007[edit]

The constituency was one of just two (the other being Seine-Saint-Denis' 7th constituency) in which there was only one candidate in the second round, thus guaranteeing his re-election. The law provides that candidates obtaining the votes of at least 12.5% of registered voters in the first round advance to the second round. The parties of the mainstream left had a nationwide agreement whereby if two of them advanced to the second round, the second-placed would automatically withdraw. Primarily, this was to avoid dividing the left-wing or centre-left electorate in constituencies where a right-wing, centre-right or far-right candidate had also reached the second round. In the North's 19th constituency, however, as in 2002, the Socialist and Communist candidates were the only ones to reach the second round, respectively in first and second place. Communist candidate and former MP Patrick Leroy again honoured the agreement and withdrew, enabling Patrick Roy to be re-elected in a walkover.[4] 24.4% of voters nonetheless cast a blank ballot.[5]

2007[edit]

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 19th constituency[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Patrick Roy 14,648 32.82
PCF Patrick Leroy* 9,514 21.32
UMP Fatiha Rahaoui 6,344 14.21
DVD Jean-Claude Kikos 5,313 11.90
FN Serge Thomes 3,247 7.28
MoDem Antonio Notarianni 1,236 2.77
Others N/A 4,329
Turnout 45,643 56.88
2nd round result
PS Patrick Roy 22,870 100.00
Turnout 30,252 37.70
PS hold

* Withdrew before the 2nd round

2002[edit]

The constituency was one of just three (the others being Paris' 16th constituency and Nord's 16th constituency) in which there was only one candidate in the second round, thus guaranteeing his re-election. The law provides that candidates obtaining the votes of at least 12.5% of registered voters in the first round advance to the second round. The parties of the mainstream left had a nationwide agreement whereby if two of them advanced to the second round, the second-placed would automatically withdraw. Primarily, this was to avoid dividing the left-wing or centre-left electorate in constituencies where a right-wing, centre-right or far-right candidate had also reached the second round. In the North's 19th constituency, however, incumbent Communist MP Patrick Leroy and his Socialist challenger Patrick Roy were the only ones to reach the second round, respectively in second and first and place; Roy pipped Leroy to first place by fewer than 200 votes (0.43%). Leroy honoured the agreement and withdrew, enabling Roy and the Socialists to take the constituency in a walkover.[6][7]

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 19th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Patrick Roy 11,649 25.85
PCF Patrick Leroy* 11,455 25.42
UMP Jean-Claude Kikos 8,356 18.54
FN Serge Thomes 7,691 17.07
LMR Daniel Boda 1,182 2.62
UDF Maryse van Caneghem 1,059 2.35
Others N/A 3,673
Turnout 46,107 59.12
2nd round result
PS Patrick Roy 20,973 100.00
Turnout 28,925 37.09
PS gain from PCF

1997[edit]

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 19th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PCF Patrick Leroy 17,340 33.22
PS Michel François* 11,607 22.23
FN Serge Thomes 9,208 17.64
RPR Bernard Godin 7,778 14.90
LO Josiane Dubois 2,001 3.83
DVD Philippe Nenert 1,153 2.21
Others N/A 3,115
Turnout 54,687 72.09
2nd round result
PCF Patrick Leroy 31,575 100.00
Turnout 43,975 57.98
PCF hold

* Withdrew before the 2nd round

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