Pas-de-Calais' 2nd constituency
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 Pas-de-Calais' 2nd constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |||
| Deputy |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | ||
| Canton | Arras-Nord, Arras-Ouest, Arras-Sud, Dainville, Vimy | ||
| Voters | 84,287 | ||
The 2nd constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais département.
Description
Pas-de-Calais' 2nd constituency was enlarged as a result of the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies to include the entire of Arras having previously only contained the north of the city. Politically Arras is famed for being the birth place of revolutionary Maximilien de Robespierre.
The constituency is currently held by Jacqueline Maquet who had previously represented Pas-de-Calais' 1st constituency.
Historic Representatives
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Catherine Génisson | PS | |
| 2012 | Jacqueline Maquet | PS | |
Election results
2012
| Legislative Election 2012: Pas-de-Calais 2nd constituency - 2nd round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PS | Jacqueline Maquet | 27,626 | 59.27 | ||
| UMP | Jean-Marie Prestaux | 18,982 | 40.73 | ||
| Turnout | 49,285 | 58.47 | |||
| PS hold | Swing | ||||
2007
| Legislative Election 2007: Pas-de-Calais 2nd constituency - 2nd round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| PS | Catherine Génisson | 27,273 | 55.38 | ||
| UMP | Michel Ziolkowski | 21,977 | 44.62 | ||
| Turnout | 50,788 | 66.37 | |||
| PS hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
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