Nord's 17th constituency explained

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

Description

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

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

2022

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2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Thibaut François	FN		24.38		46.79
	Dimitri Houbron	REM		23.13		53.21
	François Guiffard	FI		12.08
	Charles Beauchamp	PCF		12.07
	Frédéric Nihous	LR		10.40
	Jean-Luc Hallé	DVG		8.77
	Agnès Dupuis	PS		3.58
	Lucile Wacheux	ECO		1.92
	Amid Benchabane	ECO		1.11
	Éric Pecqueur	EXG		0.94
	Gaëtan Duez	DIV		0.59
	Nicolas Rankowski	DVD		0.54
	Léopold Pons	DVD		0.49
Votes				100.00		100.00
Valid votes				97.88		90.65
Blank votes				1.56		6.41
Null votes				0.56		2.94
Turnout				45.49		40.68
Abstentions				54.51		59.32
Registered voters
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

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* Withdrew before the 2nd round

2007

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2002

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1997

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Sources

• Official results of French elections from 1998: Web site: Résultats électoraux officiels en France. fr.