Nord's 16th constituency

The 16th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

16th constituency of the Nord

French National Assembly constituency
Nord's 16th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Alain Bruneel PCF
Department	Nord
Cantons	Marchiennes, Douai-Nord (part), communes d'Aniche, Auberchicourt, Dechy, Écaillon, Guesnain, Lewarde, Loffre, Masny et Montigny-en-Ostrevent
Registered voters	83,611

Description

Nord's 16th constituency sits in the heart of the department around Douai. It was held by the Communist Jean-Jacques Candelier from 2007 to 2017.

Historic Representation

Alain Bruneel (2017-).

Election		Member	Party
	2007	Jean-Jacques Candelier	PCF
	2012		FG
	2017	Alain Bruneel	PCF

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Hortense de Mereuil	FN	10,444	29.09	13,478	44.14
	Alain Bruneel	PCF	7,343	20.45	17,057	55.86
	Chantal Rybak	MoDem	7,266	20.24
	Frédéric Delannoy	PS	5,584	15.55
	Nacéra Soltani	LR	2,812	7.83
	Philippe Bernard	ECO	1,050	2.92
	Roger Marie	EXG	705	1.96
	Loïc Jaspart	ECO	386	1.08
	Émilie Fauvel	DIV	311	0.87
Votes			35,901	100.00	30,535	100.00
Valid votes			35,901	97.61	30,535	91.64
Blank votes			621	1.69	2,001	6.01
Null votes			258	0.70	783	2.35
Turnout			36,780	44.30	33,319	40.13
Abstentions			46,242	55.70	49,704	59.87
Registered voters			83,022		83,023
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 16th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	FG	Jean-Jacques Candelier	15,736	35.09
	PS	Christian Entem*	11,580	25.82
	FN	Marie Bocquet	9,189	20.49
	UMP	Mireille Morelle	6,123	13.65
	Others	N/A	2,214
Turnout			44,842	53.63
2nd round result
	FG	Jean-Jacques Candelier	23,461	100.00
Turnout			23,461	28.06
	FG gain from PCF

* Withdrew before the 2nd round

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 16th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF	Jean-Jacques Candelier	15,239	32.92
	UMP	Michelle Derain	11,038	23.84
	PS	Jeannine Marquaille	9,565	20.66
	FN	Monique Delevallet	2,993	6.46
	MoDem	Angelo Errera-Muller	2,067	4.46
	LV	Philippe Bernard	979	2.11
	Others	N/A	4,416
Turnout			47,425	57.64
2nd round result
	PCF	Jean-Jacques Candelier	29,565	66.09
	UMP	Michelle Derain	15,169	33.91
Turnout			46,741	57.52
	PCF hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 16th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF	Georges Hage	14,186	30.01
	PS	Jeannine Marquaille*	9,585	20.28
	UMP	Patrick Vanandrewelt	9,301	19.68
	FN	Emile Messager	7,193	15.22
	UDF	Liliane Sniadach	1,669	3.53
	CPNT	Edouard de Notaris	1,203	2.55
	LO	Florence L'Hostis	974	2.06
	LCR	Eric Gola	973	2.06
	LV	Philippe Bernard	969	2.05
	Others	N/A	1,215
Turnout			48,521	60.76
2nd round result
	PCF	Georges Hage	22,680	100.00
Turnout			30,445	38.12
	PCF hold

* Withdrew before the 2nd round

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 16th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF	Georges Hage	20,010	37.69
	PS	Jeannine Marquaille*	9,859	18.57
	FN	René Gambiez	7,021	13.23
	RPR	Serge Gaillot	6,917	13.03
	UDF	Patrick Vanandrewelt**	4,091	7.71
	LO	Laurence Viguie	1,772	3.34
	LV	Philippe Bernard	1,487	2.80
	ECO	Béatrice Pottier	1,070	2.02
	Others	N/A	857
Turnout			55,681	72.59
2nd round result
	PCF	Georges Hage	33,103	100.00
Turnout			45,270	59.02
	PCF hold

* Withdrew before the 2nd round

** UDF dissident

Sources

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