Nord's 21st constituency

21st constituency of the Nord

French National Assembly constituency
Nord's 21st constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Jean-Louis Borloo Radical Party (France)
Department	Nord
Canton	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
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.

Historic Representatives

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Arthur Moulin	UNR
	1967	Charles Naveau	SFIO
	1968	Arthur Moulin	UDR
	1973	Charles Naveau	PS
	1978	Alain Leger	PCF
	1981	Marcel Dehoux	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Fabien Thiémé	PCF
	1993	Jean-Louis Borloo	DVD
	1997		UDF
	2002		UMP
	2012		PRV
	2014	Laurent Degallaix	PRV

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord 21st - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Radical	Jean-Louis Borloo	22,959	55.83
	FG	Fabien Thiémé	18,166	44.17
Turnout			42,346	52.53
	Radical hold		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord 21st

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
	Revolutionary Communist League	Anne Wattel	738	1.68
	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions	Laurence Gilbert	528	1.20
	LO	Eric Pecqueur	422	0.96
	Independent Ecological Movement	Luc Lebrun	294	0.67
	Movement for France	Béatrice Jobbe-Duval	267	0.61
	National Republican Movement	Noël Dugardin	177	0.40
	Independent	Pierre Liso	81	0.18
	Independent	Vincent Roussel	7	0.02
Turnout			44,605	56.63
	UMP hold		Swing

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord 21st - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Jean-Louis Borloo	25,865	63.88
	PCF	Fabien Thiémé	14,627	36.12
Turnout			41,721	55.56
	UMP gain from UDF		Swing

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord 21st - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UDF	Jean-Louis Borloo	26,199	52.74
	PCF	Fabien Thiémé	23,477	47.26
Turnout			52,229	70.30
	UDF gain from Miscellaneous right		Swing

1993

Legislative Election 1993: Nord 21st - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Miscellaneous right	Jean-Louis Borloo	31,622	63.07
	PCF	Fabien Thiémé	18,514	36.93
Turnout			52,417	69.60
	Miscellaneous right gain from PCF		Swing

Sources

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