Nord's 19th constituency

19th constituency of the North

French National Assembly
constituency

Nord's 19th constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy
 Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini
Socialist Party
Department Nord
Canton Bouchain, Denain, Valenciennes-Sud (part).
Voters 79,055

Nord's nineteenth constituency is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département (in the far North of France). It is one of twenty-one in that département, and covers three cantons in whole or in part : Bouchain, Denain and Valenciennes-Sud (minus Valenciennes itself).[1]

Patrick Roy, MP from 2002 until his death in 2011, known for his colourful clothes and love of heavy metal music.[2]

Deputies

This is a consistently left-wing constituency. It was long held by the French Communist Party prior to the redistricting in 1986.

ElectionMember[3]Party
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 Gustave Ansart PCF
1990 (following Ansart's death) René Carpentier PCF
1993
1997 Patrick Leroy PCF
2002 Patrick Roy PS
2007
2011 (following Roy's death) Marie-Claude Marchand PS
2012 Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord 19th - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PS Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini 19,873 100
Turnout 26,726 33.81
PS hold Swing +0

2007

The constituency was one of just two (the other being Seine-Saint-Denis' 7th constituency) in which there was only one candidate in the second round, thus guaranteeing his re-election. The law provides that candidates obtaining the votes of at least 12.5% of registered voters in the first round advance to the second round. The parties of the mainstream left had a nationwide agreement whereby if two of them advanced to the second round, the second-placed would automatically withdraw. Primarily, this was to avoid dividing the left-wing or centre-left electorate in constituencies where a right-wing, centre-right or far-right candidate had also reached the second round. In the North's 19th constituency, however, as in 2002, the Socialist and Communist candidates were the only ones to reach the second round, respectively in first and second place. Communist candidate and former MP Patrick Leroy again honoured the agreement and withdrew, enabling Patrick Roy to be re-elected in a walkover.[4] 24.4% of voters nonetheless cast a blank ballot.[5]

Legislative Election 2007: Nord 19th - 2nd round[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PS Patrick Roy 22 870 100 +0
Turnout 30 252 37.70 +0.61
PS hold Swing +0

2002

The constituency was one of just three (the others being Paris' 16th constituency and Nord's 16th constituency) in which there was only one candidate in the second round, thus guaranteeing his re-election. The law provides that candidates obtaining the votes of at least 12.5% of registered voters in the first round advance to the second round. The parties of the mainstream left had a nationwide agreement whereby if two of them advanced to the second round, the second-placed would automatically withdraw. Primarily, this was to avoid dividing the left-wing or centre-left electorate in constituencies where a right-wing, centre-right or far-right candidate had also reached the second round. In the North's 19th constituency, however, incumbent Communist MP Patrick Leroy and his Socialist challenger Patrick Roy were the only ones to reach the second round, respectively in second and first and place; Roy pipped Leroy to first place by fewer than 200 votes (0.43%). Leroy honoured the agreement and withdrew, enabling Roy and the Socialists to take the constituency in a walkover.[6][7]

Legislative Election 2007: Nord 19th - 2nd round[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PS Patrick Roy 20 973 100
Turnout 28 925 37.09
PS gain from PCF Swing

References

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