Nord's 18th constituency

The 18th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

18th constituency of the Nord
French National Assembly
constituency
Nord's 18th constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy
Guy Bricout
UDI
DepartmentNord
CantonsCambrai-Est, Cambrai-Ouest, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Clary, Marcoing
Registered voters92,017

Description

Nord's 18th constituency is seated in the town on Cambrai.

Politically the seat has swung between left and right throughout the 5th Republic, it has however been held by conservative François-Xavier Villain from 2002 to 2017.

Historic Representation
ElectionMemberParty
1958 Raymond Gernez DVG
1967 FGDS
1973 Jacques Legendre UDR
1978 RPR
1981 Jean Le Garrec PS
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 Jean Le Garrec PS
1993 Claude Pringalle RPR
1997 Brigitte Douay PS
2002 François-Xavier Villain DVD
2012 UDI
2017 Guy Bricout UDI

Election results

2017
Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Guy Bricout UDI 13,232 31.45 21,669 63.67
Claire Pommeyrol-Burlet REM 10,684 25.40 12,363 36.33
Mélanie Disdier FN 10,234 24.33
Thérèse-Marie Cardon FI 5,071 12.05
Thomas Frémond ECO 1,416 3.37
Rosella Milot DLF 615 1.46
Gautier Thery EXG 612 1.45
Emmanuelle Larsen DIV 197 0.47
Joël Lamand DVD 5 0.01
Vincent Harduin ECO 2 0.00
Votes 42,068 100.00 34,032 100.00
Valid votes 42,068 97.35 34,032 89.43
Blank votes 848 1.96 2,662 6.99
Null votes 296 0.68 1,362 3.58
Turnout 43,212 47.19 38,056 41.56
Abstentions 48,363 52.81 53,516 58.44
Registered voters 91,575 91,572
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012
Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 18th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP François-Xavier Villain 22,541 43.73
PS Martine Filleul 16,604 32.22
FN Samuel Lenclud 7,635 14.81
FG Brigitte Lefebvre 3,344 6.49
Others N/A 1,417
Turnout 51,541 56.01
2nd round result
UMP François-Xavier Villain 28,541 57.63
PS Martine Filleul 20,982 42.37
Turnout 49,523 53.82
UMP hold

2007
Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 18th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP François-Xavier Villain 22,512 48.03
PS Brigitte Douay 11,985 25.57
PCF Colette Dessaint 3,016 6.43
FN Melanie Disdier 2,893 6.17
MoDem Sylvain Tranoy 2,774 5.92
Others N/A 3,695
Turnout 47,857 60.22
2nd round result
UMP François-Xavier Villain 26,519 57.45
PS Brigitte Douay 19,641 42.55
Turnout 47,745 60.08
UMP hold

2002
Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 18th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP François-Xavier Villain 20,993 42.48
PS Brigitte Douay 14,261 28.85
FN Melanie Disdier 6,484 13.12
PCF Colette Dessaint 2,991 6.05
LMR Catherine Dubois 1,066 2.16
Others N/A 3,629
Turnout 50,390 64.90
2nd round result
UMP François-Xavier Villain 26,437 55.86
PS Brigitte Douay 20,888 44.14
Turnout 49,301 63.49
UMP gain from PS

1997
Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 18th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DVD François-Xavier Villain 16,224 30.87
PS Brigitte Douay 12,873 24.49
FN Albert Ponthieux 8,617 16.39
PCF Colette Dessaint 7,252 13.80
DVD Pierre Doise 2,563 4.88
LV Marie Cuvillier 1,908 3.63
DVD Vincent Cambier 1,110 2.11
Others N/A 3,125
Turnout 55,641 73.43
2nd round result
PS Brigitte Douay 28,123 51.71
DVD François-Xavier Villain 26,264 48.29
Turnout 57,812 76.30
PS gain from RPR

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