Marne's 2nd constituency

1st constituency of the Marne

French National Assembly constituency
Marne's 2nd Constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne.
Deputy	Catherine Vautrin UMP
Department	Marne
Canton	Châtillon-sur-Marne (part), Fismes, Reims I, Reims III, Reims V, Reims VIII et Ville-en-Tardenois
Voters	72,605

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

Description

The Marne's 2nd constituency includes the centre and south of Reims as well as rural areas to its south. The seat as it exists now is substantially different from that which existed prior to the 2012 election, which contained little of Reims and was far more rural in character.

Since 1993 the seat has been held by the Gaullist right and is currently held by Catherine Vautrin who held various posts in the governments of Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Georges Colin	PS
	1993	Jean-Claude Étienne	RPR
	2002	Catherine Vautrin	UMP

Election results

2012

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Catherine Vautrin	20,640	53.04
	PS	Eric Quenard	18,274	46.96
Turnout			39,858	54.90
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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