Nord's 17th constituency

17th constituency of the Nord
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Nord's 17th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Dimitri Houbron REM
Department	Nord
Cantons	Arleux, Douai-Nord (part), Douai-Nord-Est, Douai-Sud (part), Douai-Sud-Ouest.
Registered voters	75,067
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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
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1988	Marc Dolez	PS
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	1993	Jacques Vernier	RPR
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1997	Marc Dolez	PS
style="background-color: Template:Left Party (France)/meta/color" |	2008		PG
style="background-color: Template:Left Front (France)/meta/color" |	2012		FG
style="background-color: Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color" |	2017	Dimitri Houbron	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"|	Thibaut François	FN	7,993	24.38	12,697	46.79
style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"|	Dimitri Houbron	REM	7,583	23.13	14,442	53.21
style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"|	François Guiffard	FI	3,961	12.08
style="background:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color;"|	Charles Beauchamp	PCF	3,955	12.07
style="background:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color;"|	Frédéric Nihous	LR	3,408	10.40
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color;"|	Jean-Luc Hallé	DVG	2,876	8.77
style="background:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color;"|	Agnès Dupuis	PS	1,174	3.58
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"|	Lucile Wacheux	ECO	628	1.92
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"|	Amid Benchabane	ECO	364	1.11
style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"|	Éric Pecqueur	EXG	309	0.94
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	Gaëtan Duez	DIV	192	0.59
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"|	Nicolas Rankowski	DVD	177	0.54
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"|	Léopold Pons	DVD	159	0.49
Votes			32,779	100.00	27,139	100.00
Valid votes			32,779	97.88	27,139	90.65
Blank votes			523	1.56	1,919	6.41
Null votes			187	0.56	881	2.94
Turnout			33,489	45.49	29,939	40.68
Abstentions			40,124	54.51	43,660	59.32
Registered voters			73,613		73,599
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 17th Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	FG	Marc Dolez	19,763	100
Turnout			26,896	35.83
	FG hold		Swing

Sources

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