Marne's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Marne (French: Deuxième circonscription de la Marne) is one of five electoral districts in the department of the same name, each of which returns one deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

2nd constituency of Marne

French National Assembly constituency
The constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne
Incumbent deputy	Aina Kuric Independent
Department	Marne
Cantons	Châtillon-sur-Marne (part), Fismes, Reims I, Reims III, Reims V, Reims VIII, Ville-en-Tardenois
Registered voters	73,131 (2017)

Description

The constituency is made up of six whole former cantons – those of Fismes, Reims I, Reims III, Reims V, Reims VIII, and Ville-en-Tardenois – plus the major part of the former canton of Châtillon-sur-Marne (all communes except those of Courtagnon, Nanteuil-la-Forêt, and Pourcy).[1]

It includes the centre and south of Reims as well as rural areas to the south of the city. The seat as currently delineated is substantially different from that which existed prior to the 2012 election, which contained little of Reims and was far more rural in character.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 2nd constituency had a total population of 103,767.

For 24 years from 1993 the seat was held by the Gaullist right, from 2002 in the person of Catherine Vautrin who held various posts in the governments of Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin. However, in the 2017 election Vautrin lost her seat to Aina Kuric of La République En Marche! (REM). Kuric resigned her membership of REM on 7 June 2019.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Georges Colin	PS
	1993	Jean-Claude Étienne	RPR
	1997
	2002	Catherine Vautrin	UMP
	2007
	2012
	2017	Aina Kuric	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Aina Kuric	REM	11,839	34.34	14,176	51.21
	Catherine Vautrin	LR	9,115	26.44	13,508	48.79
	Cindy Demange	FN	5,552	16.10
	Victorien Pâté	FI	3,459	10.03
	Imane Maniani	PS	1,869	5.42
	Patricia Coradel	ECO	913	2.65
	Daniel Ménard	DLF	654	1.90
	Catherine Huat	ECO	410	1.19
	Thomas Rose	EXG	345	1.00
	Evelyne Fernandez-Toussaint	DIV	187	0.54
	Axel Gaucher	DIV	134	0.39
Votes			34,477	100.00	27,684	100.00
Valid votes			34,477	98.71	27,684	90.70
Blank votes			296	0.85	2,028	6.64
Null votes			154	0.44	811	2.66
Turnout			34,927	47.76	30,523	41.74
Abstentions			38,206	52.24	42,608	58.26
Registered voters			73,133		73,131
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Marne's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Catherine Vautrin-Pennaforte	16,703	41.81
	PS	Eric Quenard	14,427	36.11
	FN	Pascale Evanno	5,080	12.72
	FG	Francoise Georges	1,454	3.64
	EELV	Nadine Cortial	1,037	2.60
	Others	N/A	1,248
Turnout			39,949	55.02
2nd round result
	UMP	Catherine Vautrin-Pennaforte	20,640	53.04
	PS	Eric Quenard	18,274	46.96
Turnout			38,914	53.60
	UMP hold

Sources

• Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
• Official results of the French elections from 2017: "" (in French).

1. As defined in 1999; the number and composition of the department's cantons was altered in 2014 but this has not yet been reflected in electoral district boundaries.