# Nord's 21st constituency

The 21st constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

## Description

Prior to 1988, the 21st constituency was the constituency of Avesnes-sur-Helpe in the southeastern part of the department. It now contains most of Valenciennes as well as some surrounding areas.
Long serving representative and former Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry Jean-Louis Borloo resigned from the seat in April 2014 due to ill health and was replaced by Mayor of Valenciennes Laurent Degallaix following a by-election.

## Historic Representatives

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | Arthur Moulin | UNR |
| | 1962 | Arthur Moulin | UNR |
| | 1967 | Charles Naveau [fr] | SFIO |
| | 1968 | Arthur Moulin | UDR |
| | 1973 | Charles Naveau [fr] | PS |
| | 1978 | Marceau Gauthier | PCF |
| | 1981 | Marcel Dehoux [fr] | PS |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Fabien Thiémé | PCF |
| | 1993 | Jean-Louis Borloo | DVD |
| | 1997 | Jean-Louis Borloo | UDF |
| | 2002 | Jean-Louis Borloo | PRV |
| | 2002 | Cécile Gallez | UMP |
| | 2002 | Jean-Louis Borloo | PRV |
| | 2002 | Cécile Gallez | UMP |
| | 2007 | Jean-Louis Borloo | PRV |
| | 2007 | Cécile Gallez | UMP |
| | 2010 | Jean-Louis Borloo | PRV |
| | 2012 | Jean-Louis Borloo | PRV |
| | 2014 | Laurent Degallaix | UDI |
| | 2017 | Béatrice Descamps | UDI |
| | 2022 | Béatrice Descamps | UDI |
| | 2024 | Valérie Létard | UDI |

## Election results
### 2024

Legislative Election 2024: Nord's 21st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LFI (NFP) | Pierrick Colpin | 11,290 | 23.08 | −0.40 |
| | LO | Édith Duquesnoy | 726 | 1.48 | n/a |
| | DLF | Laurent Lasselin | 709 | 1.45 | n/a |
| | RN | Laurence Bara | 21,337 | 43.61 | +14.99 |
| | REC | Séverine Duminy | 580 | 1.19 | −2.09 |
| | UDI (Ensemble) | Valérie Létard | 14,280 | 29.19 | −6.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,922 | 97.53 | +55.64 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 81,160 | | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UDI | Valérie Létard | 24,485 | 51.59 | +22.40 |
| | RN | Laurence Bara | 22,974 | 48.41 | +4.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,459 | 96.91 | −0.62 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 81,173 | | |
| | UDI hold | UDI hold | Swing | | |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Nord's 21st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDI (UDC) | Béatrice Descamps | 11,769 | 35.43 | +2.03 |
| | RN | Océane Valentin | 9,508 | 28.62 | +6.72 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Luce Troadec | 7,798 | 23.48 | −4.74 |
| | DVD | Laurent Lasselin | 1,091 | 3.28 | N/A |
| | REC | Corinne Laire | 1,089 | 3.28 | N/A |
| | PA | Ludovic Aubry | 1,046 | 3.15 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 915 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,216 | 41.89 | +0.14 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UDI (UDC) | Béatrice Descamps | 17,199 | 57.12 | -5.60 |
| | RN | Océane Valentin | 12,909 | 42.88 | +5.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,108 | 39.59 | +1.59 |
| | UDI hold | UDI hold | UDI hold | UDI hold | UDI hold |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Béatrice Descamps | UDI | 11,170 | 33.41 | 18,126 | 62.72 |
| | Valérie Caudron | FN | 7,323 | 21.90 | 10,774 | 37.28 |
| | Ophélie Tricot | FI | 4,704 | 14.07 | | |
| | Didier Legrand | DVD | 3,004 | 8.98 | | |
| | Christine Laurent | PS | 1,840 | 5.50 | | |
| | Patrick Kolebacki | PCF | 1,578 | 4.72 | | |
| | Pauline Pottier | ECO | 1,315 | 3.93 | | |
| | Laurent Lasselin | DVD | 1,089 | 3.26 | | |
| | Édith Weisshaupt | EXG | 343 | 1.03 | | |
| | Jean-Luc François Laurent | EXD | 324 | 0.97 | | |
| | Christine Braet | DIV | 242 | 0.72 | | |
| | Yazid Amara | DIV | 225 | 0.67 | | |
| | Sally Haddar | DVG | 210 | 0.63 | | |
| | Sylvain Damiani | DIV | 70 | 0.21 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 33,437 | 100.00 | 28,900 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 33,437 | 96.97 | 28,900 | 92.09 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 809 | 2.35 | 1,771 | 5.64 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 236 | 0.68 | 713 | 2.27 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,482 | 41.75 | 31,384 | 38.00 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 48,113 | 58.25 | 51,205 | 62.00 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 82,595 | | 82,589 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2014 by-election

2014 by-election: Nord's 21st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDI | Laurent Degallaix | 9,701 | 47.02 | |
| | FN | Jean-Luc Laurent | 3,856 | 18.69 | |
| | FG | Patrick Kolebacki | 2,120 | 10.27 | |
| | DVD | Didier Legrand | 2,100 | 10.18 | |
| | PS | Alexandre Raskza | 1,470 | 7.12 | |
| | EELV | Frédéric Bigot | 735 | 3.56 | |
| | Others | N/A | 651 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,960 | 25.84 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UDI | Laurent Degallaix | 13,058 | 72.14 | |
| | FN | Jean-Luc Laurent | 5,043 | 27.86 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,298 | 23.79 | |
| | UDI gain from PRV | UDI gain from PRV | UDI gain from PRV | UDI gain from PRV | UDI gain from PRV |

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 21st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PRV | Jean-Louis Borloo | 18,452 | 42.99 | |
| | FG | Fabien Thiémé | 10,445 | 24.33 | |
| | EELV | Sandrine Rousseau | 7,171 | 16.71 | |
| | FN | Guy Cannie | 6,045 | 14.08 | |
| | Others | N/A | 809 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,922 | 52.94 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PRV | Jean-Louis Borloo | 22,959 | 55.83 | |
| | FG | Fabien Thiémé | 18,166 | 44.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,125 | 50.72 | |
| | PRV gain from UMP | PRV gain from UMP | PRV gain from UMP | PRV gain from UMP | PRV gain from UMP |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord 21st :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | UMP | Jean-Louis Borloo | 23,605 | 53.69 |
| | PCF | Fabien Thiémé | 8,511 | 19.36 |
| | PS | Jean-Luc Chagnon | 6,252 | 14.22 |
| | FN | Dominique Slabolepszy | 2,243 | 5.10 |
| | LV | Katia Bittner | 838 | 1.91 |
| | LCR | Anne Wattel | 738 | 1.68 |
| | CPNT | Laurence Gilbert | 528 | 1.20 |
| | LO | Eric Pecqueur | 422 | 0.96 |
| | MEI | Luc Lebrun | 294 | 0.67 |
| | MPF | Béatrice Jobbe-Duval | 267 | 0.61 |
| | MNR | Noël Dugardin | 177 | 0.40 |
| | DIV | Pierre Liso | 81 | 0.18 |
| | DIV | Vincent Roussel | 7 | 0.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,605 | 56.63 |
| | UMP hold | UMP hold | Swing | |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 21st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Jean-Louis Borloo | 22,150 | 49.51 | |
| | PCF | Fabien Thiémé | 7,729 | 17.28 | |
| | FN | Dominique Slabolepszy | 6,026 | 13.47 | |
| | PS | Valerie Levin | 5,519 | 12.34 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,312 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,301 | 60.32 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Jean-Louis Borloo | 25,865 | 63.88 | |
| | PCF | Fabien Thiémé | 14,627 | 36.12 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,721 | 55.56 | |
| | UMP gain from UDF | UMP gain from UDF | UMP gain from UDF | UMP gain from UDF | UMP gain from UDF |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 21st constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDF | Jean-Louis Borloo | 17,019 | 34.27 | |
| | PCF | Fabien Thiémé | 11,154 | 22.46 | |
| | FN | Dominique Slabolepszy | 7,879 | 15.86 | |
| | PS | Bernard Frimat | 7,230 | 14.56 | |
| | RPR | Philippe Duée* | 2,136 | 4.30 | |
| | LO | Martial Esmans | 1,169 | 2.35 | |
| | DVE | Alain Deruche | 1,078 | 2.17 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,000 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,374 | 69.15 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UDF | Jean-Louis Borloo | 26,224 | 52.79 | |
| | PCF | Fabien Thiémé | 23,452 | 47.21 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,225 | 70.30 | |
| | UDF gain from DVD | UDF gain from DVD | UDF gain from DVD | UDF gain from DVD | UDF gain from DVD |
* RPR dissident

### 1993

Legislative Election 1993: Nord 21st - 2nd round :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | DVD | Jean-Louis Borloo | 31,622 | 63.07 |
| | PCF | Fabien Thiémé | 18,514 | 36.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,417 | 69.60 |
| | DVD gain from PCF | DVD gain from PCF | Swing | |

## Sources

* ↑ "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
* Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).