Meuse's 2nd constituency

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

2nd constituency of Meuse
French National Assembly
constituency
Deputy
 Émilie Cariou
EDS
DepartmentMeuse
CantonsCharny-sur-Meuse, Clermont-en-Argonne, Damvillers, Dun-sur-Meuse, Étain, Fresnes-en-Woëvre, Montfaucon, Montmédy, Souilly, Spincourt, Stenay, Varennes-en-Argonne, Verdun-Centre, Verdun-Est, Verdun-Ouest
Registered voters61,296

Description

The 2nd constituency of Meuse covers the northern portion of the department. It includes the town of Verdun infamous for its role in the First World War.

From 1988 until 2017 the seat has been held by Jean-Louis Dumont, a former mayor of Verdun, of the Socialist Party. However, between 1993 and 1997 when it was held by Arsène Lux of the Gaullist RPR.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Jean-Louis Dumont PS
1993 Arsène Lux RPR
1997 Jean-Louis Dumont PS
2002
2007
2012
2017 Émilie Cariou REM
2020 EDS

Election results

2017

Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Émilie Cariou REM 7,777 27.10 14,969 62.76
Éric Vilain FN 5,349 18.64 8,881 37.24
Jérôme Dumont DVD 5,181 18.05
Pierre Regent LR 3,500 12.20
Jean-Louis Dumont PS 2,848 9.92
Michaël Clément FI 2,000 6.97
François-Xavier Franceschini PCF 842 2.93
Yves Dhyvert ECO 810 2.82
Marcel Périn EXG 257 0.90
Maryse Vasseur DIV 134 0.47
Votes 28,698 100.00 23,850 100.00
Valid votes 28,698 97.87 23,850 89.78
Blank votes 462 1.58 2,025 7.62
Null votes 162 0.55 690 2.60
Turnout 29,322 48.64 26,565 44.07
Abstentions 30,957 51.36 33,709 55.93
Registered voters 60,279 60,274
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Meuse's 2nd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Jean-Louis Dumont 12,581 35.86
UMP Claude Leonard 9,089 25.91
FN Gilbert Prot 5,821 16.59
DVD Julien Didry 4,865 13.87
FG Eric Bernardi 1,421 4.05
EELV Dominique Ronga 909 2.59
Others N/A 397
Turnout 35,083 57.23
2nd round result
PS Jean-Louis Dumont 17,286 51.53
UMP Claude Leonard 16,257 48.47
Turnout 33,543 54.72
PS hold

Sources

  • French Interior Ministry results website: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
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