Nièvre's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of the Nièvre is a French legislative constituency in the Nièvre département in France.

2nd constituency of Nièvre

French National Assembly constituency
Nièvre's 2nd Constituency shown within Burgundy.
Deputy	Patrice Perrot REM
Department	Nièvre
Cantons	Brinon-sur-Beuvron, Château-Chinon (Ville), Châtillon-en-Bazois, Clamecy, Corbigny, Decize, Donzy, Dornes, Fours, Guérigny, Lormes, Luzy, La Machine, Montsauche-les-Settons, Moulins-Engilbert, Prémery, Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier, Saint-Saulge, Tannay, Varzy
Registered voters	86,663

Description

The three constituencies of Nièvre prior to 2010

Following the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies, the 2nd constituency of the Nièvre covers the largely rural east and centre of the department. Before this, the constituency was based in the north-west of the department.

Until 2017, the constituency returned Socialists at every election since 1988 with the exception of the 1993 election. It was won by ENA graduate Christian Paul in 2012 who previously had represented Nièvre's 3rd constituency, which was combined with parts of the 2nd to form a new 2nd constituency in the 2010 redistricting.

It includes Chateau-Chinon, for many years the electoral base of President Francois Mitterrand.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jacques Huyghues des Etages	PS
	1993	Didier Béguin	UDF
	1997	Gaëtan Gorce	PS
	2012	Christian Paul	PS
	2017	Patrice Perrot	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Patrice Perrot	REM	14,441	33.81	18,883	54.62
	Christian Paul	PS	7,812	18.29	15,686	45.38
	Harold Blanot	FN	6,485	15.18
	Marie-Anne Guillemain	FI	4,342	10.17
	Annie Legrain	LR	3,804	8.91
	Monique Choquel	PCF	1,523	3.57
	Fabienne Cardot	DVD	1,199	2.81
	Patrick Vanhersecke	DLF	808	1.89
	Gilbert Champagne	ECO	787	1.84
	Jean de Rohan-Chabot	DIV	412	0.96
	Bernard Gagnepain	ECO	397	0.93
	Henri Massol	EXD	396	0.93
	Dominique Dupuis	EXG	309	0.72
Votes			42,715	100.00	34,569	100.00
Valid votes			42,715	97.23	34,569	87.46
Blank votes			785	1.79	2,968	7.51
Null votes			432	0.98	1,988	5.03
Turnout			43,932	53.33	39,525	47.98
Abstentions			38,447	46.67	42,850	52.02
Registered voters			82,379		82,375
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nièvre's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Christian Paul	25,465	49.54
	UMP	Michèle Boucomont	11,092	21.58
	FN	Marcel Stephan	7,183	13.97
	FG	Monique Choquel	3,450	6.71
	EELV	Anais Hubert	1,427	2.78
	Others	N/A	2,783
Turnout			51,400	59.30
2nd round result
	PS	Christian Paul	31,471	65.55
	UMP	Michèle Boucomont	16,538	34.45
Turnout			48,009	55.40
	PS hold

Sources

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