# Nord's 2nd constituency

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

## Description

Nord's 2nd constituency covers the eastern portion of Lille including the suburbs of Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Lezennes and Ronchin.
Politically the seat was a bastion of the Socialist Party until 2017 and was for many years held by former President of the Nord General Council Bernard Derosier. It is also notable for being held for many years by Pierre Mauroy, the Prime Minister of France between 1981 and 1984, Mauroy was also the Mayor of Lille for 28 years.

## Historic Representation

| Election | Election | Member | Party | Notes |
| | 1958 | Henri Duterne | UNR |
| | 1962 | Henri Duterne | UNR |
| | 1967 | Pierre Billecocq | UDR |
| | 1968 | Pierre Billecocq | UDR |
| | 1973 | Pierre Mauroy | PS |
| | 1978 | Pierre Mauroy | PS |
| | 1981 | Pierre Mauroy | PS |
| | 1981 | Pierre Dassonville | PS | Substitute for Pierre Mauroy, appointed Prime Minister |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Bernard Derosier | PS |
| | 1993 | Bernard Derosier | PS |
| | 1997 | Bernard Derosier | PS |
| | 2002 | Bernard Derosier | PS |
| | 2007 | Bernard Derosier | PS |
| | 2012 | Audrey Linkenheld | PS |
| | 2017 | Ugo Bernalicis | LFI |
| | 2022 | Ugo Bernalicis | LFI |
| | 2024 | Ugo Bernalicis | LFI |

## Election results
### 2024

Legislative Election 2024: Nord's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LFI (NFP) | Ugo Bernalicis | 26,491 | 47.31 | +3.82 |
| | LO | Pascale Rougée | 645 | 1.15 | N/A |
| | DVG | Claire Guenon | 385 | 0.69 | N/A |
| | NPA | Etienne Testart | 208 | 0.37 | N/A |
| | RN | Philippe Guérard | 12,256 | 21.89 | −0.57 |
| | RE (Ensemble) | Violette Salanon | 11,630 | 20.77 | −4.03 |
| | LR | Caroline Boisard-Vannier | 4,378 | 7.82 | −0.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,993 | 97.82 | +51.32 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 87,355 | | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LFI | Ugo Bernalicis | 29,571 | 53.20 | +5.89 |
| | RN | Philippe Guérard | 13,072 | 23.52 | +1.63 |
| | RE | Violette Salanon | 12,937 | 23.28 | +2.51 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,580 | 97.64 | −0.18 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 87,386 | | |
| | LFI hold | LFI hold | Swing | | |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Nord's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Ugo Bernalicis | 17,212 | 43.49 | -0.75 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Rudy Elegeest | 9,823 | 24.82 | +2.29 |
| | RN | Philippe Guerard | 5,328 | 13.46 | −0.55 |
| | LR (UDC) | Caroline Boisard-Vannier | 3,106 | 7.85 | −4.08 |
| | REC | Monique Delevallet | 1,344 | 3.40 | N/A |
| | PA | Virginie Chauchoy | 1,041 | 2.63 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 1,722 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,576 | 46.50 | −0.20 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Ugo Bernalicis | 21,740 | 58.00 | -6.15 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Rudy Elegeest | 15,743 | 42.00 | +6.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,483 | 45.63 | +5.16 |
| | LFI hold | LFI hold | LFI hold | LFI hold | LFI hold |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Houmria Berrada | REM | 8,935 | 22.53 | 10,962 | 35.85 |
| | Ugo Bernalicis | FI | 7,598 | 19.16 | 19,619 | 64.15 |
| | Audrey Linkenheld | PS | 7,314 | 18.45 | | |
| | Véronique Descamps | FN | 5,554 | 14.01 | | |
| | Florence Bariseau | LR | 4,731 | 11.93 | | |
| | Hélène Hardy | ECO | 1,920 | 4.84 | | |
| | Romain Leclercq | PCF | 711 | 1.79 | | |
| | Virginie Chauchoy | DIV | 555 | 1.40 | | |
| | Mohamed Bousnane | ECO | 514 | 1.30 | | |
| | Sébastien de Gouy | ECO | 378 | 0.95 | | |
| | Pascale Rougée | EXG | 354 | 0.89 | | |
| | Elies Ben Helal | DIV | 302 | 0.76 | | |
| | Pascal-Alexandre Dudenko | DVG | 277 | 0.70 | | |
| | Madjid Messabihi | DIV | 268 | 0.68 | | |
| | Tania Gandrot | DVG | 213 | 0.54 | | |
| | Arnaud Beils | DIV | 28 | 0.07 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 39,652 | 100.00 | 30,581 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 39,652 | 97.98 | 30,581 | 87.18 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 553 | 1.37 | 3,046 | 8.68 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 263 | 0.65 | 1,449 | 4.13 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,468 | 46.70 | 35,076 | 40.47 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 46,195 | 53.30 | 51,589 | 59.53 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 86,663 | | 86,665 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Audrey Linkenheld | 18,385 | 40.44 | +4.15 |
| | UMP | Caroline Boisard-Vannier | 9,238 | 20.32 | −8.56 |
| | FN | Thérèse Lesaffre | 6,542 | 14.39 | +9.92 |
| | FG | Ugo Bernalicis | 4,031 | 8.87 | +5.39 |
| | EELV | Eric Quiquet | 3,382 | 7.44 | +2.09 |
| | DVD | Christian Carnois | 1,753 | 3.86 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,131 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,462 | 52.06 | −5.14 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Audrey Linkenheld | 27,225 | 64.69 | +6.02 |
| | UMP | Caroline Boisard-Vannier | 14,858 | 35.31 | −6.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,083 | 48.19 | −7.99 |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Bernard Derosier | 14,965 | 36.29 | +6.47 |
| | UMP | Caroline Vannier | 11,909 | 28.88 | +2.41 |
| | MoDem | Christian Carnois | 5,299 | 12.85 | N/A |
| | LV | Jean-Pierre Mispelon | 2,205 | 5.35 | +2.37 |
| | FN | Frédéric Gossart | 1,842 | 4.47 | −6.63 |
| | Far left | Lydie Thouvenot | 1,529 | 3.71 | N/A |
| | PCF | Roger Maly | 1,434 | 3.48 | +1.06 |
| | Others | N/A | 2,051 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,867 | 57.20 | −4.11 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Bernard Derosier | 23,180 | 58.67 | +4.10 |
| | UMP | Caroline Vannier | 16,327 | 41.33 | −4.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,121 | 56.18 | +0.25 |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Bernard Derosier | 12,792 | 29.82 | −6.44 |
| | UMP | Christian Carnois | 11,352 | 26.47 | +6.33 |
| | PR | Gerard Caudron | 7,943 | 18.52 | N/A |
| | FN | Anne Coolzaet | 4,761 | 11.10 | −4.36 |
| | LV | Marie Agbessi | 1,280 | 2.98 | −1.26 |
| | DVG | Nabil El Haggar | 1,140 | 2.66 | N/A |
| | PCF | Celine Cuvelier | 1,038 | 2.42 | −6.27 |
| | Others | N/A | 2,585 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,493 | 61.31 | −4.22 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Bernard Derosier | 20,501 | 54.57 | −9.13 |
| | UMP | Christian Carnois | 17,064 | 45.43 | +9.13 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,677 | 55.93 | −11.40 |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Bernard Derosier | 15,497 | 36.26 | |
| | RPR | Dominique Rosselle | 8,608 | 20.14 | |
| | FN | Philippe Bernard | 6,605 | 15.46 | |
| | PCF | Jean Raymond de Grève | 3,715 | 8.69 | |
| | LO | Gilles Boury | 1,906 | 4.46 | |
| | LV | Ronald Charbaut | 1,814 | 4.24 | |
| | DVD | Jean Victor Lamon | 915 | 2.14 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,674 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,471 | 65.53 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Bernard Derosier | 27,268 | 63.70 | |
| | RPR | Dominique Rosselle | 15,536 | 36.30 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,690 | 67.33 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

## Sources

* ↑ "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans le Nord". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2022.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). French Ministry of the Interior.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
* Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).