Nord's 17th constituency

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

ElectionMemberParty1958Narcisse PavotSFIO19621967Paul LeloirPCF1968Jean DurieuxRI19731978Claude WargniesPCF1981Paul MoreauPS 1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency 1988 Marc Dolez PS 1993 Jacques Vernier RPR 1997Marc Dolez PS20022007 2008 PG 2012 2017 Dimitri Houbron LREM2020Agir2022Thibaut FrançoisRN2024Thierry TessonLR

Election results

2024

2022

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2017 CandidateLabelFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Thibaut FrançoisFN24.3846.79Dimitri HoubronREM23.1353.21François GuiffardFI12.08Charles BeauchampPCF12.07Frédéric NihousLR10.40Jean-Luc HalléDVG8.77Agnès DupuisPS3.58Lucile WacheuxECO1.92Amid BenchabaneECO1.11Éric PecqueurEXG0.94Gaëtan DuezDIV0.59Nicolas RankowskiDVD0.54Léopold PonsDVD0.49Votes100.00100.00Valid votes97.8890.65Blank votes1.566.41Null votes0.562.94Turnout45.4940.68Abstentions54.5159.32Registered votersSource: Ministry of the Interior

2012

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* Withdrew before the 2nd round

2007

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2002

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1997

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Sources

Official results of French elections from 1998: