Nord's 18th constituency

18th constituency of the Nord
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Nord's 18th constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Alexandre Dufosset National Rally
Department	Nord
Cantons	Cambrai-Est, Cambrai-Ouest, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Clary, Marcoing
Registered voters	92,017
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The 18th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

Nord's 18th constituency is seated in the town on Cambrai.

Politically the seat swung between left and right during the late 20th century, it has however been held by conservatives François-Xavier Villain and Guy Bricout since 2002.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Ernest Denis	UNR
	1962	Georges Bustin	PCF
	1967
	1973
	1978
	1981
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Jean Le Garrec	PS
	1993	Claude Pringalle	RPR
	1997	Brigitte Douay	PS
	2002	François-Xavier Villain	DVD
	2007
	2012		UDI
	2017	Guy Bricout
	2022
	2024	Alexandre Dufosset	National Rally

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Nord's 18th constituency^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RN	Alexandre Dufosset	29,404	52.51	22.65
	LFI (NFP)	Benoit Marechal	7,230	12.91	−2.44
	RE (Ensemble)	Nicolas Siegler	18,434	32.92	+20.60
	LO	Nadine Reynaert	930	1.66	+0.19
Turnout			55,998	97.54	+52.36
Registered electors			90,821
	RN gain from UDI

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Nord's 18th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RN	Mélanie Disdier	12,074	29.86	+5.53
	UDI (UDC)	Guy Bricout	8,835	21.85	-9.60
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Stéphanie Maréchal	6,207	15.35	−0.07
	DVC	Pierre-Antoine Villain	5,390	13.33	N/A
	LREM (Ensemble)	Philippe Loyez	4,980	12.32	−13.08
	REC	Gérard Philippe	1,329	3.29	N/A
	PA	Aurélien Dolay	1,021	2.53	N/A
	LO	Nadine Reynaert	593	1.47	N/A
Turnout			40,429	45.18	−2.01
2nd round result
	UDI (UDC)	Guy Bricout	19,211	50.58	-13.09
	RN	Mélanie Disdier	18,768	49.42	N/A
Turnout			37,979	44.01	+2.45
	UDI hold

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Guy Bricout	UDI	13,232	31.45	21,669	63.67
	Claire Pommeyrol-Burlet	REM	10,684	25.40	12,363	36.33
	Mélanie Disdier	FN	10,234	24.33
	Thérèse-Marie Cardon	FI	5,071	12.05
	Thomas Frémond	ECO	1,416	3.37
	Rosella Milot	DLF	615	1.46
	Gautier Thery	EXG	612	1.45
	Emmanuelle Larsen	DIV	197	0.47
	Joël Lamand	DVD	5	0.01
	Vincent Harduin	ECO	2	0.00
Votes			42,068	100.00	34,032	100.00
Valid votes			42,068	97.35	34,032	89.43
Blank votes			848	1.96	2,662	6.99
Null votes			296	0.68	1,362	3.58
Turnout			43,212	47.19	38,056	41.56
Abstentions			48,363	52.81	53,516	58.44
Registered voters			91,575		91,572
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 18th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	François-Xavier Villain	22,541	43.73
	PS	Martine Filleul [fr]	16,604	32.22
	FN	Samuel Lenclud	7,635	14.81
	FG	Brigitte Lefebvre	3,344	6.49
	Others	N/A	1,417
Turnout			51,541	56.01
2nd round result
	UMP	François-Xavier Villain	28,541	57.63
	PS	Martine Filleul [fr]	20,982	42.37
Turnout			49,523	53.82
	UMP hold

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 18th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	François-Xavier Villain	22,512	48.03
	PS	Brigitte Douay	11,985	25.57
	PCF	Colette Dessaint	3,016	6.43
	FN	Melanie Disdier	2,893	6.17
	MoDem	Sylvain Tranoy	2,774	5.92
	Others	N/A	3,695
Turnout			47,857	60.22
2nd round result
	UMP	François-Xavier Villain	26,519	57.45
	PS	Brigitte Douay	19,641	42.55
Turnout			47,745	60.08
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 18th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	François-Xavier Villain	20,993	42.48
	PS	Brigitte Douay	14,261	28.85
	FN	Melanie Disdier	6,484	13.12
	PCF	Colette Dessaint	2,991	6.05
	CPNT	Catherine Dubois	1,066	2.16
	Others	N/A	3,629
Turnout			50,390	64.90
2nd round result
	UMP	François-Xavier Villain	26,437	55.86
	PS	Brigitte Douay	20,888	44.14
Turnout			49,301	63.49
	UMP gain from PS

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 18th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DVD	François-Xavier Villain	16,224	30.87
	PS	Brigitte Douay	12,873	24.49
	FN	Albert Ponthieux	8,617	16.39
	PCF	Colette Dessaint	7,252	13.80
	DVD	Pierre Doise	2,563	4.88
	LV	Marie Cuvillier	1,908	3.63
	DVD	Vincent Cambier	1,110	2.11
	Others	N/A	3,125
Turnout			55,641	73.43
2nd round result
	PS	Brigitte Douay	28,123	51.71
	DVD	François-Xavier Villain	26,264	48.29
Turnout			57,812	76.30
	PS gain from RPR

Sources

1. "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

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