# Nord's 19th constituency

Nord's nineteenth constituency is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département (in the far North of France). It is one of twenty-one in that département, and covers three cantons in whole or in part : Bouchain, Denain and Valenciennes-Sud (minus Valenciennes itself).

## Deputies

This was a consistently left-wing constituency until 2017. It was long held by the French Communist Party prior to the 2002 election.
| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | Pierre Carous | UNR |
| | 1962 | Arthur Musmeaux | PCF |
| | 1967 | Arthur Musmeaux | PCF |
| | 1968 | Arthur Musmeaux | PCF |
| | 1973 | Georges Donnez | MDSF |
| | 1978 | Alain Bocquet | PCF |
| | 1981 | Alain Bocquet | PCF |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Gustave Ansart | PCF |
| | 1990 | René Carpentier | PCF |
| | 1993 | René Carpentier | PCF |
| | 1997 | Patrick Leroy | PCF |
| | 2002 | Patrick Roy | PS |
| | 2007 | Patrick Roy | PS |
| | 2011 | Marie-Claude Marchand | PS |
| | 2012 | Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini | PS |
| | 2017 | Sébastien Chenu | FN |
| | 2022 | Sébastien Chenu | RN |

## Election results
### 2024

Legislative Election 2024: Nord's 19th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LFI (NFP) | Cédric Brun | 10,337 | 21.85 | N/A |
| | RN | Sébastien Chenu | 27,592 | 58.32 | +13.97 |
| | DVC (Ensemble) | Franck Watelet | 7,136 | 15.08 | N/A |
| | DIV | Djemi Drici | 1,150 | 2.43 | N/A |
| | LO | Cécile Bourlet | 1,098 | 2.32 | +.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,313 | 97.05 | 39.90 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 80.890 | | |
| | RN hold | RN hold | Swing | | |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Nord's 19th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RN | Sébastien Chenu | 14,758 | 44.35 | +11.14 |
| | PCF (NUPÉS) | Patrick Soloch | 8,532 | 25.64 | -11.03 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Emmanuel Cherrier | 5,839 | 17.55 | −0.53 |
| | UDI (UDC) | Bruno Raczkiewicz | 1,106 | 3.32 | −3.62 |
| | PA | Vincent Duquenne | 971 | 2.92 | N/A |
| | REC | Christine Troia | 813 | 2.44 | N/A |
| | LO | Cecile Bourlet | 672 | 2.02 | N/A |
| | DIV | Djemi Drici | 585 | 1.76 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,276 | 42.29 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RN | Sébastien Chenu | 17,451 | 57.15 | +1.80 |
| | PCF (NUPÉS) | Patrick Soloch | 13,085 | 42.85 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,536 | 41.09 | +0.53 |
| | RN hold | RN hold | RN hold | RN hold | RN hold |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Sébastien Chenu | FN | 11,839 | 33.21 | 16,013 | 55.35 |
| | Sabine Hebbar | MoDem | 6,443 | 18.08 | 12,920 | 44.65 |
| | Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini | PS | 5,019 | 14.08 | | |
| | Julien Poix | FI | 4,573 | 12.83 | | |
| | Pascal Jean | PCF | 3,480 | 9.76 | | |
| | Olivier Capron | LR | 2,472 | 6.94 | | |
| | Xavier Blottière | ECO | 639 | 1.79 | | |
| | Marlène Wrobel | EXG | 439 | 1.23 | | |
| | Serge Thomès | EXD | 336 | 0.94 | | |
| | Sébastien Dufour | DIV | 243 | 0.68 | | |
| | Saïda Bamoune | DVG | 161 | 0.45 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 35,644 | 100.00 | 28,933 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 35,644 | 97.74 | 28,933 | 90.20 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 607 | 1.66 | 2,176 | 6.78 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 219 | 0.60 | 967 | 3.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,470 | 46.11 | 32,076 | 40.56 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 42,631 | 53.89 | 47,011 | 59.44 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 79,101 | | 79,087 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 19th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini | 13,756 | 32.84 | |
| | FG | Michel Lefebvre* | 10,137 | 24.20 | |
| | FN | Catherine Rouvier | 8,215 | 19.61 | |
| | UMP | Olivier Capron | 6,185 | 14.76 | |
| | DVG | Marie-Claude Marchand | 1,067 | 2.55 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,530 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,890 | 52.99 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini | 19,873 | 100.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,873 | 25.14 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |
* Withdrew before the 2nd round

### 2007

The constituency was one of just two (the other being Seine-Saint-Denis' 7th constituency) in which there was only one candidate in the second round, thus guaranteeing his re-election. The law provides that candidates obtaining the votes of at least 12.5% of registered voters in the first round advance to the second round. The parties of the mainstream left had a nationwide agreement whereby if two of them advanced to the second round, the second-placed would automatically withdraw. Primarily, this was to avoid dividing the left-wing or centre-left electorate in constituencies where a right-wing, centre-right or far-right candidate had also reached the second round. In the North's 19th constituency, however, as in 2002, the Socialist and Communist candidates were the only ones to reach the second round, respectively in first and second place. Communist candidate and former MP Patrick Leroy again honoured the agreement and withdrew, enabling Patrick Roy to be re-elected in a walkover. 24.4% of voters nonetheless cast a blank ballot.

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 19th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Patrick Roy | 14,648 | 32.82 | |
| | PCF | Patrick Leroy* | 9,514 | 21.32 | |
| | UMP | Fatiha Rahaoui | 6,344 | 14.21 | |
| | DVD | Jean-Claude Kikos | 5,313 | 11.90 | |
| | FN | Serge Thomes | 3,247 | 7.28 | |
| | MoDem | Antonio Notarianni | 1,236 | 2.77 | |
| | Others | N/A | 4,329 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,643 | 56.88 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Patrick Roy | 22,870 | 100.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,252 | 37.70 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |
* Withdrew before the 2nd round

### 2002

The constituency was one of just three (the others being Paris' 16th constituency and Nord's 16th constituency) in which there was only one candidate in the second round, thus guaranteeing his re-election. The law provides that candidates obtaining the votes of at least 12.5% of registered voters in the first round advance to the second round. The parties of the mainstream left had a nationwide agreement whereby if two of them advanced to the second round, the second-placed would automatically withdraw. Primarily, this was to avoid dividing the left-wing or centre-left electorate in constituencies where a right-wing, centre-right or far-right candidate had also reached the second round. In the North's 19th constituency, however, incumbent Communist MP Patrick Leroy and his Socialist challenger Patrick Roy were the only ones to reach the second round, respectively in second and first and place; Roy pipped Leroy to first place by fewer than 200 votes (0.43%). Leroy honoured the agreement and withdrew, enabling Roy and the Socialists to take the constituency in a walkover.
Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 19th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Patrick Roy | 11,649 | 25.85 | |
| | PCF | Patrick Leroy* | 11,455 | 25.42 | |
| | UMP | Jean-Claude Kikos | 8,356 | 18.54 | |
| | FN | Serge Thomes | 7,691 | 17.07 | |
| | CPNT | Daniel Boda | 1,182 | 2.62 | |
| | UDF | Maryse van Caneghem | 1,059 | 2.35 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,673 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,107 | 59.12 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Patrick Roy | 20,973 | 100.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,925 | 37.09 | |
| | PS gain from PCF | PS gain from PCF | PS gain from PCF | PS gain from PCF | PS gain from PCF |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 19th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PCF | Patrick Leroy | 17,340 | 33.22 | |
| | PS | Michel François* | 11,607 | 22.23 | |
| | FN | Serge Thomes | 9,208 | 17.64 | |
| | RPR | Bernard Godin | 7,778 | 14.90 | |
| | LO | Josiane Dubois | 2,001 | 3.83 | |
| | DVD | Philippe Nenert | 1,153 | 2.21 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,115 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,687 | 72.09 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PCF | Patrick Leroy | 31,575 | 100.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,975 | 57.98 | |
| | PCF hold | PCF hold | PCF hold | PCF hold | PCF hold |
* Withdrew before the 2nd round