# Ardennes's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of the Ardennes is a French legislative constituency in the Ardennes département. It is currently represented by centre-right politician Pierre Cordier.

## Description

It is located in the northern corner of the Department at the Belgian border, and cuts the town of Charleville-Mézières in two, along with the Ardennes' 1st constituency.

## Deputies

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | Maurice Blin [fr] | MRP |
| | 1962 | Jean Le Gall [fr] | UNR |
| | 1967 | André Lebon [fr] | FGDS |
| | 1968 | André Lebon [fr] | FGDS |
| | 1973 | André Lebon [fr] | FGDS |
| | 1978 | René Visse | PCF |
| | 1981 | Gérard Istace | PS |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Gérard Istace | PS |
| | 1993 | Philippe Mathot [fr] | UDF |
| | 1997 | Philippe Vuilque | PS |
| | 2002 | Philippe Vuilque | PS |
| | 2007 | Philippe Vuilque | PS |
| | 2012 | Christophe Leonard [fr] | PS |
| | 2017 | Pierre Cordier | LR |
| | 2022 | Pierre Cordier | DVD |
| | 2024 | Pierre Cordier | LR |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Pierre Cordier | LR | | 11,147 | 30.15 | 20,415 | 55.63 |
| | Pauline Mester | RN | | 15,097 | 40.83 | 16,280 | 44.37 |
| | Gilles Loyez | LFI | NPF | 6,688 | 18.09 | | |
| | Philippe Mathot | REN | Ensemble | 3,467 | 9.38 | | |
| | Mink Takawe | LO | | 308 | 0.83 | | |
| | Patrick Benyoucef | DIV | | 264 | 0.71 | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 36,971 | 98.41 | 36,695 | 96.89 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 375 | 1.00 | 853 | 2.25 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 223 | 0.59 | 326 | 0.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,569 | 62.32 | 37,874 | 62.84 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 22,712 | 37.68 | 22,401 | 37.16 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 60,281 | | 60,275 | |
| Source: ||||||||
| Result | Result | Result | Result | LR GAIN FROM DVD | LR GAIN FROM DVD | LR GAIN FROM DVD | LR GAIN FROM DVD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Ardennes's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DVD (UDC) | Pierre Cordier | 10,685 | 40.98 | +15.12 |
| | RN | Baptiste Philippo | 5,485 | 21.04 | +1.59 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Gilles Loyez | 4,970 | 19.06 | −10.31 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Polina Beddelem | 3,309 | 12.69 | −9.79 |
| | REC | Nadege Jacquemart | 682 | 2.62 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 940 | 3.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,071 | 43.55 | −0.84 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | DVD (UDC) | Pierre Cordier | 15,977 | 69.39 | +8.34 |
| | RN | Baptiste Philippo | 7,049 | 30.61 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,026 | 40.22 | +1.87 |
| | DVD gain from LR | DVD gain from LR | DVD gain from LR | DVD gain from LR | DVD gain from LR |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Pierre Cordier | LR | 7,212 | 25.86 | 13,371 | 61.05 |
| | Mario Iglesias | REM | 6,269 | 22.48 | 8,530 | 38.95 |
| | Guillaume Luczka | FN | 5,424 | 19.45 | | |
| | Christophe Léonard | PS | 4,612 | 16.54 | | |
| | Michel Cartiaux | FI | 2,971 | 10.65 | | |
| | Igor Nivelet | PCF | 609 | 2.18 | | |
| | Jean Pierrard | ECO | 397 | 1.42 | | |
| | Mink Takawé | EXG | 237 | 0.85 | | |
| | Laurence Cahagne | DIV | 154 | 0.55 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 27,885 | 100.00 | 21,901 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 27,885 | 98.33 | 21,901 | 89.41 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 311 | 1.10 | 1,724 | 7.04 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 163 | 0.57 | 870 | 3.55 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,359 | 44.39 | 24,495 | 38.35 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 35,523 | 55.61 | 39,385 | 61.65 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 63,882 | | 63,880 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Ardennes’ 2nd Constituency election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Christophe Leonard | Socialist Party | PS | 10,586 | 30.41% | 18,469 | 53.63% |
| | Boris Ravignon | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 10,373 | 29.80% | 15,970 | 46.37% |
| | Benoît Girand | National Front | FN | 5,639 | 16.20% | | |
| | Philippe Vuilque | Miscellaneous Left | DVG | 4,720 | 13.56% | | |
| | Michèle Leflon | Left Front | FG | 1,913 | 5.50% | | |
| | Sylvain Baumel | The Greens | VEC | 715 | 2.05% | | |
| | Alain Sutter | New Centre-Presidential Majority | NCE | 376 | 1.08% | | |
| | Mink Takawe | Far Left | EXG | 175 | 0.50% | | |
| | Jean Pierrard | Ecologist | ECO | 158 | 0.45% | | |
| | Claire Combis | Radical Party | PRV | 153 | 0.44% | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 34,808 | 100% | 34,439 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 64,802 | | 65,105 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 439 | 1.25% | 1,025 | 2.89% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,247 | 54.39% | 35,464 | 54.47% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 29,555 | 45.61% | 29,641 | 45.53% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | PS HOLD | PS HOLD |

### 2007

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Ardennes’ 2nd Constituency election results :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Philippe Vuilque | Socialist Party | PS | 13,774 | 37.33% | 20,363 | 51.48% |
| | Boris Ravignon | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 14,889 | 40.35% | 19,192 | 48.52% |
| | Florence Richard | Democratic Movement | MoDem | 2,115 | 5.73% | | |
| | Roland Bataille | National Front | FN | 1,993 | 5.40% | | |
| | Michèle Leflon | Communist | COM | 1,320 | 3.58% | | |
| | Jean-Michel Fournaise | Far Left | EXG | 654 | 1.77% | | |
| | Mezhoura Nait-Abdelaziz | The Greens | VEC | 558 | 1.51% | | |
| | Gérard Baudoin | Far Left | EXG | 416 | 1.13% | | |
| | Josée Tilquin | Movement for France | MPF | 379 | 1.03% | | |
| | Joël Nouet | Far Left | EXG | 300 | 0.81% | | |
| | Jean-Pierre Jadon | Far Right | EXD | 258 | 0.70% | | |
| | Abderzake Chaouchi | Divers | DIV | 245 | 0.66% | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 36,901 | 100% | 39,555 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 66,252 | | 66,233 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 533 | 1.42% | 856 | 2.12% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,434 | 56.50% | 40,411 | 61.01% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 28,818 | 43.50% | 25,822 | 38.99% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | PS HOLD | PS HOLD |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Ardennes's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Philippe Vuilque | 13,670 | 36.49 | |
| | UMP | Philippe Mathot | 10,890 | 29.07 | |
| | FN | Roland Bataille | 6,167 | 16.46 | |
| | UDF | Thérèse Girard | 1,650 | 4.40 | |
| | PCF | Michèle Leflon | 1,600 | 4.27 | |
| | DVG | Patrick Martin | 805 | 2.15 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,677 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,155 | 59.47 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Philippe Vuilque | 18,838 | 53.18 | |
| | UMP | Philippe Mathot | 16,583 | 46.82 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,771 | 57.32 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Ardennes's 2nd constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDF | Philippe Mathot | 10,703 | 25.93 | |
| | PS | Philippe Vuilque | 10,596 | 25.67 | |
| | FN | Michel Dierckens | 8,485 | 20.56 | |
| | PCF | René Visse | 7,137 | 17.29 | |
| | LV | Thérésa Lorandeau | 1,777 | 4.31 | |
| | LO | Jean-Pierre Bourriaud | 828 | 2.01 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,750 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,619 | 68.13 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Philippe Vuilque | 22,173 | 49.68 | |
| | UDF | Philippe Mathot | 15,925 | 35.68 | |
| | FN | Michel Dierckens | 6,536 | 14.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,750 | 73.15 | |
| | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF |

## Sources

* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans les Ardennes". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012".
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2007".
* French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).