Nord's 19th constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of the National Assembly of France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox French constituency
| name = 19th constituency of the North
| image = Nord's19thconstituency.png
| caption = Nord's 19th constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
| member-type = Deputy
| member = Sébastien Chenu
| member-party = RN
| department = Nord
| canton = Bouchain, Denain, Valenciennes-Sud (part).
| census-date =
| pop =
| 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).[http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006068934&dateTexte=20080126 Loi n° 86-1197 du 24 novembre 1986 relative à la délimitation des circonscriptions pour l'élection des députés]
Image:Patrick Roy - 2010.jpg, MP from 2002 until his death in 2011, known for his colourful clothes and love of heavy metal music.[http://archives-lepost.huffingtonpost.fr/article/2009/04/09/1489516_metallica-et-le-hard-rock-s-invitent-a-l-assemblee-nationale.html "Metallica et le hard rock s'invitent à l'Assemblée nationale"], Le Post, 19 April 2009]]
Deputies
This was a consistently left-wing constituency until 2017. It was long held by the French Communist Party prior to the 2002 election.
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member[http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/histoire/trombinoscope/VRepublique/legislatures.asp "Notices et portraits des députés de la Ve République], website of the National Assembly | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Union for the New Republic}}" |
|1958 |Pierre Carous |UNR | ||
| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|French Communist Party}}" |
|1962 | rowspan="3" |Arthur Musmeaux | rowspan="3" |PCF | ||
| 1967 | ||
| 1968 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (France)}}" |
|1973 |Georges Donnez |MDSF | ||
| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|French Communist Party}}" |
|1978 | rowspan="2" |Alain Bocquet | rowspan="2" |PCF | ||
| 1981 | ||
| colspan="2" align="center"| 1986
|colspan="2"| Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|French Communist Party}}" |
| 1988 | Gustave Ansart | rowspan="4" | PCF | ||
| 1990
|rowspan="2"| René Carpentier | ||
| 1993 | ||
| 1997
| Patrick Leroy | ||
| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |
| 2002 |rowspan="2"| Patrick Roy | rowspan="4" | PS | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2011
| Marie-Claude Marchand | ||
| 2012
| Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Front (France)}}" |
| 2017 | rowspan="2" | Sébastien Chenu | FN | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Rally}}" |
|2022 |RN |
Election results
=2024=
{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2024: Nord's 19th constituency{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2024/06/19/qui-sont-les-candidats-aux-elections-legislatives-2024-decouvrez-la-liste-circonscription-par-circonscription_6241357_4355770.html |title=Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription |date=19 June 2024 |access-date=22 June 2023 |publisher=Le Monde}}}}
{{Election box candidate for alliance|
|party = La France insoumise
|side = New Popular Front
|candidate = Cédric Brun
|votes = 10,337
|percentage = 21.85
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Rally
|candidate = Sébastien Chenu
|votes = 27,592
|percentage = 58.32
|change = +13.97
}}
{{Election box candidate for alliance|
|party = Miscellaneous centre
|side = Together (coalition)
|candidate = Franck Watelet
|votes = 7,136
|percentage = 15.08
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Miscellaneous
|candidate = Djemi Drici
|votes = 1,150
|percentage = 2.43
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Workers' Struggle
|candidate = Cécile Bourlet
|votes = 1,098
|percentage = 2.32
|change = +.30
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 47,313
|percentage = 97.05
|change = 39.90
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 80.890
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = National Rally
|swing =
}}->
{{Election box end}}
=2022=
{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2022: Nord's 19th constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = National Rally (France)
|candidate = Sébastien Chenu
|votes = 14,758
|percentage = 44.35
|change = +11.14
}}
{{Election box winning candidate for alliance|
|party = French Communist Party
|side = NUPES
|candidate = Patrick Soloch
|votes = 8,532
|percentage = 25.64
|change = -11.03
}}
{{Election box candidate for alliance|
|party = La République En Marche!
|side = Ensemble Citoyens
|candidate = Emmanuel Cherrier
|votes = 5,839
|percentage = 17.55
|change = -0.53
}}
{{Election box candidate for alliance|
|party = Union of Democrats and Independents
|side = Union of the Right and Centre
|candidate = Bruno Raczkiewicz
|votes = 1,106
|percentage = 3.32
|change = -3.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Animalist Party
|candidate = Vincent Duquenne
|votes = 971
|percentage = 2.92
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Reconquête
|candidate = Christine Troia
|votes = 813
|percentage = 2.44
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Workers' Struggle
|candidate = Cecile Bourlet
|votes = 672
|percentage = 2.02
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Miscellaneous
|candidate = Djemi Drici
|votes = 585
|percentage = 1.76
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 33,276
|percentage = 42.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box 2nd round}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = National Rally (France)
|candidate = Sébastien Chenu
|votes = 17,451
|percentage = 57.15
|change = +1.80
}}
{{Election box candidate for alliance|
|party = French Communist Party
|side = NUPES
|candidate = Patrick Soloch
|votes = 13,085
|percentage = 42.85
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 30,536
|percentage = 41.09
|change = +0.53
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = National Rally (France)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2017 =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;font-size:95%;"
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate !rowspan="2"|Label !colspan="2"|First round !colspan="2"|Second round |
| style="width:50px;"|Votes
!style="width:45px;"|% !style="width:50px;"|Votes !style="width:45px;"|% |
|---|
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Front (France)}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Sébastien Chenu |FN |{{formatnum:11839}} |33.21 |{{formatnum:16013}} |55.35 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Movement (France)}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Sabine Hebbar |{{formatnum:6443}} |18.08 |{{formatnum:12920}} |44.65 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini |PS |{{formatnum:5019}} |14.08 |colspan="2" rowspan="9" style="background:#E9E9E9;"| |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|La France Insoumise}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Julien Poix |FI |{{formatnum:4573}} |12.83 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|French Communist Party}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Pascal Jean |PCF |{{formatnum:3480}} |9.76 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Republicans (France)}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Olivier Capron |LR |{{formatnum:2472}} |6.94 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ecologist}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Xavier Blottière |ECO |{{formatnum:639}} |1.79 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Far-left}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Marlène Wrobel |EXG |{{formatnum:439}} |1.23 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Far-right}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Serge Thomès |EXD |{{formatnum:336}} |0.94 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Miscellaneous}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Sébastien Dufour |DIV |{{formatnum:243}} |0.68 |
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Miscellaneous left}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Saïda Bamoune |DVG |{{formatnum:161}} |0.45 |
| colspan="7" style="background:#E9E9E9;"| |
| style="font-weight:bold;"
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Votes |{{formatnum:35644}} |100.00 |{{formatnum:28933}} |100.00 |
| colspan="7" style="background:#E9E9E9;"| |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid votes
|{{formatnum:35644}} |97.74 |{{formatnum:28933}} |90.20 |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Blank votes
|{{formatnum:607}} |1.66 |{{formatnum:2176}} |6.78 |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Null votes
|{{formatnum:219}} |0.60 |{{formatnum:967}} |3.01 |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout
|{{formatnum:36470}} |46.11 |{{formatnum:32076}} |40.56 |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions
|{{formatnum:42631}} |53.89 |{{formatnum:47011}} |59.44 |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters
|{{formatnum:79101}} |style="background:#E9E9E9;"| |{{formatnum:79087}} |style="background:#E9E9E9;"| |
| colspan="7" style="background:#E9E9E9;"| |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;"|Source: [https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017/(path)/legislatives-2017/059/05919.html Ministry of the Interior] |
=2012=
{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 19th constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Party (France)
|candidate = Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini
|votes = 13,756
|percentage = 32.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Left Front (France)
|candidate = Michel Lefebvre*
|votes = 10,137
|percentage = 24.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = National Front (France)
|candidate = Catherine Rouvier
|votes = 8,215
|percentage = 19.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Union for a Popular Movement
|candidate = Olivier Capron
|votes = 6,185
|percentage = 14.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Miscellaneous Left
|candidate = Marie-Claude Marchand
|votes = 1,067
|percentage = 2.55
|change =
}}
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
{{Election box candidate
|party = Others
|candidate = N/A
|votes = 2,530
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 41,890
|percentage = 52.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box 2nd round}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Party (France)
|candidate = Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini
|votes = 19,873
|percentage = 100.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 19,873
|percentage = 25.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Socialist Party (France)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=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.[http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/49-58-pourcent-de-participation-a-17h_464976.html "Législatives : 49,58% de participation à 17h"], L'Express, 17 June 2007 24.4% of voters nonetheless cast a blank ballot.[http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/LG2007/059/circons19.html Official results: 2007], French government website
=2007=
{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 19th constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Party (France)
|candidate = Patrick Roy
|votes = 14,648
|percentage = 32.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = French Communist Party
|candidate = Patrick Leroy*
|votes = 9,514
|percentage = 21.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Union for a Popular Movement
|candidate = Fatiha Rahaoui
|votes = 6,344
|percentage = 14.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Miscellaneous Right
|candidate = Jean-Claude Kikos
|votes = 5,313
|percentage = 11.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = National Front (France)
|candidate = Serge Thomes
|votes = 3,247
|percentage = 7.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Movement (France)
|candidate = Antonio Notarianni
|votes = 1,236
|percentage = 2.77
|change =
}}
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
{{Election box candidate
|party = Others
|candidate = N/A
|votes = 4,329
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 45,643
|percentage = 56.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box 2nd round}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Party (France)
|candidate = Patrick Roy
|votes = 22,870
|percentage = 100.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 30,252
|percentage = 37.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Socialist Party (France)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=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.[http://lexpansion.lexpress.fr/economie/dix-triangulaires-au-second-tour-des-legislatives_95062.html "Dix triangulaires au second tour des législatives"], L'Express, 12 June 2002[http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/LG2002/059/circons19.html Official results: 2002], French government website
{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 19th constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Party (France)
|candidate = Patrick Roy
|votes = 11,649
|percentage = 25.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = French Communist Party
|candidate = Patrick Leroy*
|votes = 11,455
|percentage = 25.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Union for a Popular Movement
|candidate = Jean-Claude Kikos
|votes = 8,356
|percentage = 18.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = National Front (France)
|candidate = Serge Thomes
|votes = 7,691
|percentage = 17.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions
|candidate = Daniel Boda
|votes = 1,182
|percentage = 2.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Union for French Democracy
|candidate = Maryse van Caneghem
|votes = 1,059
|percentage = 2.35
|change =
}}
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
{{Election box candidate
|party = Others
|candidate = N/A
|votes = 3,673
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 46,107
|percentage = 59.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box 2nd round}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Party (France)
|candidate = Patrick Roy
|votes = 20,973
|percentage = 100.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 28,925
|percentage = 37.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner = Socialist Party (France)
|loser = French Communist Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1997=
{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 19th constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = French Communist Party
|candidate = Patrick Leroy
|votes = 17,340
|percentage = 33.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Party (France)
|candidate = Michel François*
|votes = 11,607
|percentage = 22.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = National Front (France)
|candidate = Serge Thomes
|votes = 9,208
|percentage = 17.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rally for the Republic
|candidate = Bernard Godin
|votes = 7,778
|percentage = 14.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Workers' Struggle
|candidate = Josiane Dubois
|votes = 2,001
|percentage = 3.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Miscellaneous Right
|candidate = Philippe Nenert
|votes = 1,153
|percentage = 2.21
|change =
}}
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
{{Election box candidate
|party = Others
|candidate = N/A
|votes = 3,115
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 54,687
|percentage = 72.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box 2nd round}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = French Communist Party
|candidate = Patrick Leroy
|votes = 31,575
|percentage = 100.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 43,975
|percentage = 57.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = French Communist Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}