Pas-de-Calais' 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of the Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais' 2nd constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Deputy

Department

Canton

Arras-Nord, Arras-Ouest, Arras-Sud, Dainville, Vimy

Voters

84,287

The 2nd constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais département.

Description

Pas-de-Calais' 2nd constituency was enlarged as a result of the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies to include the entire of Arras having previously only contained the north of the city. Politically Arras is famed for being the birthplace of revolutionary Maximilien de Robespierre.

The constituency is currently held by Jacqueline Maquet who had previously represented Pas-de-Calais' 1st constituency.

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Catherine Génisson	PS
	2012	Jacqueline Maquet	PS

Legislative Election 2012: Pas-de-Calais 2nd constituency - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PS	Jacqueline Maquet	27,626	59.27
	UMP	Jean-Marie Prestaux	18,982	40.73
Turnout			49,285	58.47
	PS hold		Swing

Legislative Election 2007: Pas-de-Calais 2nd constituency - 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PS	Catherine Génisson	27,273	55.38
	UMP	Michel Ziolkowski	21,977	44.62
Turnout			50,788	66.37
	PS hold		Swing

Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

Constituencies Nord-Pas-de-Calais (33)

Nord (21)	Nord's 1st Nord's 2nd Nord's 3rd Nord's 4th Nord's 5th Nord's 6th Nord's 7th Nord's 8th Nord's 9th Nord's 10th Nord's 11th Nord's 12th Nord's 13th Nord's 14th Nord's 15th Nord's 16th Nord's 17th Nord's 18th Nord's 19th Nord's 20th Nord's 21st

Pas-de-Calais (12)	Pas-de-Calais' 1st Pas-de-Calais' 2nd Pas-de-Calais' 3rd Pas-de-Calais' 4th Pas-de-Calais' 5th Pas-de-Calais' 6th Pas-de-Calais' 7th Pas-de-Calais' 8th Pas-de-Calais' 9th Pas-de-Calais' 10th Pas-de-Calais' 11th Pas-de-Calais' 12th

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