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 following a by-election.
Historic Representatives
ElectionMemberParty 1958 Arthur Moulin UNR1962 1967 SFIO 1968 Arthur Moulin UDR 1973 PS 1978 Marceau Gauthier PCF 1981 PS 1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency 1988 Fabien Thiémé PCF 1993 Jean-Louis Borloo DVD 1997 UDF 2002 PRV2002Cécile GallezUMP2002Jean-Louis BorlooPRV2002Cécile GallezUMP2007Jean-Louis BorlooPRV2007Cécile GallezUMP2010Jean-Louis BorlooPRV 2012 2014 Laurent Degallaix UDI 2017 Béatrice Descamps20222024Valérie Létard
Election results
2024
2022
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2017 CandidateLabelFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Béatrice DescampsUDI33.4162.72Valérie CaudronFN21.9037.28Ophélie TricotFI14.07Didier LegrandDVD8.98Christine LaurentPS5.50Patrick KolebackiPCF4.72Pauline PottierECO3.93Laurent LasselinDVD3.26Édith WeisshauptEXG1.03Jean-Luc François LaurentEXD0.97Christine BraetDIV0.72Yazid AmaraDIV0.67Sally HaddarDVG0.63Sylvain DamianiDIV0.21Votes100.00100.00Valid votes96.9792.09Blank votes2.355.64Null votes0.682.27Turnout41.7538.00Abstentions58.2562.00Registered votersSource: Ministry of the Interior
2014 by-election
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2012
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2007
2002
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1997
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* RPR dissident
1993
Sources
Official results of French elections from 1998: