Nord's 20th constituency

The 20th constituency of Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord department.

20th constituency of Nord
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Nord's 20th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Guillaume Florquin RN
Department	Nord
Cantons	Anzin (part), Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive droite, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive gauche,
Registered voters	80,858
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Description

Nord's 20th constituency occupies the areas between the city of Valenciennes and the border with Belgium.

The constituency is a stronghold of the French Communist Party (PCF), and was held by veteran communist Alain Bocquet from 1988 to 2017. It was held by PCF National Secretary and 2022 presidential election candidate Fabien Roussel, but he was defeated by the RN candidate Guillaume Florquin in the 2024 French elections, marking the first time the PCF will not represent the constituency since its creation.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Fernand Duchâteau	SFIO
	1962	Henri Fiévez	PCF
	1967
	1968
	1973	Gustave Ansart
	1978
	1981
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Alain Bocquet	PCF
	1993
	1997
	2002
	2007
	2012
	2017	Fabien Roussel
	2022
	2024	Guillaume Florquin	RN

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round			Second round
				Votes	%	+/–	Votes	%	+/–
	Guillaume Florquin	RN		23,852	50.30	+17.68
	Fabien Roussel	PCF	NFP	14,791	31.19	-2.96
	Pierre-Luc Vervandier	MoDem	ENS	5,010	10.57	-4.12
	Élisabeth Gondy	LR		3,087	6.51	N/A
	Dimitri Mozdzierz	LO		679	1.43	+0.68
Valid votes				47,419	97.75	-0.33
Blank votes				757	1.56	+0.16
Null votes				335	0.69	+0.17
Turnout				48,511	59.02	+19.40
Abstentions				33,679	40.98	-19.40
Registered voters				82,190
Source: Ministry of the Interior, Le Monde
Result							RN GAIN FROM PCF

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Nord's 20th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF (NUPÉS)	Fabien Roussel	10,819	34.15	+1.26
	RN	Guillaume Florquin	10,334	32.62	+9.97
	LREM (Ensemble)	Delphine Alexandre	4,654	14.69	−5.48
	LFI	Éric Renaud*	2,757	8.70	N/A
	REC	Béatrice Lasserre	1,011	3.19	N/A
	PA	Rudy Patel	960	3.03	N/A
	Others	N/A	1,144	3.61
Turnout			31,679	39.62	−1.42
2nd round result
	PCF (NUPÉS)	Fabien Roussel	16,439	54.50	-9.38
	RN	Guillaume Florquin	13,725	45.50	+9.38
Turnout			30,164	39.48	+1.40
	PCF hold

* LFI dissident

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Fabien Roussel	PCF	7,712	23.61	18,633	63.88
	Ludovic de Danne	FN	7,397	22.65	10,538	36.12
	Daniel Zielinski	REM	6,588	20.17
	Éric Renaud	DVG	3,124	9.56
	David Richer	FI	3,031	9.28
	David Bustin	UDI	1,839	5.63
	Éric Castelain	DVD	1,112	3.40
	Frédéric Bigot	ECO	699	2.14
	Dominique Slabolepszy	EXD	515	1.58
	Bruno Leclercq	EXG	282	0.86
	Thierry Aubert	DVD	209	0.64
	Christelle Carpentier	DIV	156	0.48
Votes			32,664	100.00	29,171	100.00
Valid votes			32,664	98.13	29,171	94.47
Blank votes			432	1.30	1,196	3.87
Null votes			192	0.58	513	1.66
Turnout			33,288	41.04	30,880	38.08
Abstentions			47,827	58.96	50,223	61.92
Registered voters			81,115		81,103
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 20th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF (FG)	Alain Bocquet	18,549	46.57
	FN	Nathalie Betegnies	8,654	21.73
	UMP	Monique Huon	5,376	13.50
	PS	Sébastien Urgu	4,946	12.42
	DVD	Gilles Waddington	799	2.01
	Others	N/A	1,510
Turnout			39,834	49.26
2nd round result
	PCF (FG)	Alain Bocquet	24,762	66.27
	FN	Nathalie Betegnies	12,606	33.73
Turnout			37,368	46.21
	FG gain from PCF

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 20th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF	Alain Bocquet	21,320	46.49
	UMP	Marie-Thérèse Garcia	9,989	21.78
	PS	Marie-Geneviève Degrandsart	4,170	9.09
	DVD	Eric Castelain	2,890	6.30
	FN	Michelle Beal	2,494	5.44
	MoDem	Françoise Mascotto	1,869	4.08
	Others	N/A	3,129
Turnout			46,610	56.35
2nd round result
	PCF	Alain Bocquet	29,933	69.17
	UMP	Marie-Thérèse Garcia	13,340	30.83
Turnout			44,393	53.67
	PCF hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 20th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF	Alain Bocquet	18,374	39.58
	UMP	Sylvie Woelffle	9,087	19.57
	FN	Carl Lang	8,663	18.66
	PS	Marie-Geneviève Degrandsart	4,960	10.68
	CPNT	Monique Huon	1,448	3.12
	LV	Luc Coppin	1,328	2.86
	Others	N/A	2,568
Turnout			47,307	58.78
2nd round result
	PCF	Alain Bocquet	26,904	63.97
	UMP	Sylvie Woelffle	15,150	36.03
Turnout			43,705	54.51
	PCF hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 20th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PCF	Alain Bocquet	21,228	41.10
	FN	Michelle Beal	10,442	20.22
	PS	Nadine Cochy	7,242	14.02
	RPR	Alexis Massart	7,013	13.58
	GE	Christian Atzori	1,351	2.62
	LO	Jean-Pierre Lecesne	1,314	2.54
	DVD	Michel Benit	1,118	2.16
	Others	N/A	1,946
Turnout			53,963	69.79
2nd round result
	PCF	Alain Bocquet	32,535	69.33
	FN	Michelle Beal	14,392	30.67
Turnout			52,763	68.24
	PCF hold

Sources

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