Ardennes's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of Ardennes
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Ardennes' 2nd Constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne
Deputy	Pierre Cordier DVD
Department	Ardennes
Cantons	Charleville-La Houillère, Fumay, Givet, Mézières-Centre-Ouest, Monthermé, Nouzonville, Renwez, Revin, Rocroi
Registered voters	65,105
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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		Member	Party
	1958	Maurice Blin	MRP
	1962	Jean Le Gall	UNR
	1967	André Lebon	FGDS
	1968
	1973
	1978	René Visse	PCF
	1981	Gérard Istace	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Gérard Istace	PS
	1993	Philippe Mathot	UDF
	1997	Philippe Vuilque	PS
	2002
	2007
	2012	Christophe Leonard
	2017	Pierre Cordier	LR
	2022		DVD
	2024		LR

Election results

2024

Candidate		Party	Alliance	First round		Second round
				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				36,971	98.41	36,695	96.89
Blank votes				375	1.00	853	2.25
Null votes				223	0.59	326	0.86
Turnout				37,569	62.32	37,874	62.84
Abstentions				22,712	37.68	22,401	37.16
Registered voters				60,281		60,275
Source: [1]
Result				LR GAIN FROM DVD

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Ardennes's 2nd constituency

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			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			23,026	40.22	+1.87
	DVD gain from LR

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			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			27,885	100.00	21,901	100.00
Valid votes			27,885	98.33	21,901	89.41
Blank votes			311	1.10	1,724	7.04
Null votes			163	0.57	870	3.55
Turnout			28,359	44.39	24,495	38.35
Abstentions			35,523	55.61	39,385	61.65
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		Party		1st round		2nd round
				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				34,808	100%	34,439	100%
Registered voters				64,802		65,105
Blank/Void ballots				439	1.25%	1,025	2.89%
Turnout				35,247	54.39%	35,464	54.47%
Abstentions				29,555	45.61%	29,641	45.53%
Result						PS HOLD

2007

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative in Ardennes’ 2nd Constituency election results

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				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				36,901	100%	39,555	100%
Registered voters				66,252		66,233
Blank/Void ballots				533	1.42%	856	2.12%
Turnout				37,434	56.50%	40,411	61.01%
Abstentions				28,818	43.50%	25,822	38.99%
Result						PS HOLD

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Ardennes's 2nd constituency

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			38,155	59.47
2nd round result
	PS	Philippe Vuilque	18,838	53.18
	UMP	Philippe Mathot	16,583	46.82
Turnout			36,771	57.32
	PS hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Ardennes's 2nd constituency

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			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			45,750	73.15
	PS gain from UDF

Sources

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