Marne's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Marne (French: Deuxième circonscription de la Marne) is one of five electoral districts in the department of the same name, each of which returns one deputy to the French National Assembly in elections using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.

2nd constituency of Marne
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
The constituency shown within Champagne-Ardenne
Incumbent deputy
DepartmentMarne
CantonsChâtillon-sur-Marne (part), Fismes, Reims I, Reims III, Reims V, Reims VIII, Ville-en-Tardenois
Registered voters73,131 (2017)

Description

The constituency is made up of six whole former cantons – those of Fismes, Reims I, Reims III, Reims V, Reims VIII, and Ville-en-Tardenois – plus the major part of the former canton of Châtillon-sur-Marne (all communes except those of Courtagnon, Nanteuil-la-Forêt, and Pourcy).[1]

It includes the centre and south of Reims as well as rural areas to the south of the city. The seat as currently delineated is substantially different from that which existed prior to the 2012 election, which contained little of Reims and was far more rural in character.

At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 2nd constituency had a total population of 103,767.

For 24 years from 1993 the seat was held by the Gaullist right, from 2002 in the person of Catherine Vautrin who held various posts in the governments of Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin. However, in the 2017 election Vautrin lost her seat to Aina Kuric of La République En Marche! (REM). Kuric resigned her membership of LREM on 7 June 2019, joining Agir.

Historic representation

ElectionMemberParty
1986Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988Georges Colin [fr]PS
1993Jean-Claude ÉtienneRPR
1997
2002Catherine VautrinUMP
2007
2012
2017Aina KuricLREM
2019Agir
2022Anne-Sophie FrigoutRN
2023Laure MillerRE

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Marne's 2nd constituency[2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DIVGhislain Wysocinski
LFI (NFP)Stéphane Pirouelle
LRStéphane Lang
LOThomas Rose
RNAnne-Sophie Frigout
RECMarie Pace
RE (Ensemble)Laure Miller

2023 by-election

On 2 December 2022, Anne-Sophie Frigout's election was annulled by the Constitutional Council.[4] She lost the seat in the second round of the by-election on 29 January 2023.[5]

2023 by-election: Marne's 2nd constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RNAnne-Sophie Frigout 6,059 34.80 +12.82
RE (Ensemble)Laure Miller 5,228 30.03 +8.80
LFI (NUPÉS)Victorien Pâté2,81516.17-6.29
LR (UDC)Stéphane Lang1,92911.08+0.21
DVENesma Sayoud5212.99-0.48
RECMarie Pace4362.50-2.39
OthersN/A4242.43-
Turnout17.41123.96-22.06
2nd round result
RE (Ensemble)Laure Miller 9,047 51.80 N/A
RNAnne-Sophie Frigout8,41848.20-6.62
Turnout18,70425.17-18.49
RE gain from RN

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Marne's 2nd constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LFI (NUPÉS)Lynda Meguenine 7,369 22.46 +4.36
RNAnne-Sophie Frigout 7,213 21.98 +5.88
LREM (Ensemble)Laure Miller6,96421.23-13.11
LREMAina Kuric*4,10312.51N/A
LR (UDC)Stéphane Lang3,56510.87-15.57
RECJean-Claude Philipot1,6034.89N/A
DVENesma Sayoud1,1393.47+2.28
OthersN/A853--
Turnout32,80946.02+1.74
2nd round result
RNAnne-Sophie Frigout 14,650 54.81 N/A
LFI (NUPÉS)Lynda Meguenine12,08045.19N/A
Turnout26,73043.65+1.91
RN gain from LREM

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* Kuric stood as a dissident LREM candidate, without the support of the party or the Ensemble Citoyens alliance. Kuric's results in the last election are counted against the official LREM candidate for swing calculations.

2017

CandidateLabelFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Aina KuricREM11,83934.3414,17651.21
Catherine VautrinLR9,11526.4413,50848.79
Cindy DemangeFN5,55216.10
Victorien PâtéFI3,45910.03
Imane ManianiPS1,8695.42
Patricia CoradelECO9132.65
Daniel MénardDLF6541.90
Catherine HuatECO4101.19
Thomas RoseEXG3451.00
Evelyne Fernandez-ToussaintDIV1870.54
Axel GaucherDIV1340.39
Votes34,477100.0027,684100.00
Valid votes34,47798.7127,68490.70
Blank votes2960.852,0286.64
Null votes1540.448112.66
Turnout34,92747.7630,52341.74
Abstentions38,20652.2442,60858.26
Registered voters73,13373,131
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Marne's 2nd constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UMPCatherine Vautrin-Pennaforte 16,703 41.81
PSEric Quenard 14,427 36.11
FNPascale Evanno5,08012.72
FGFrancoise Georges1,4543.64
EELVNadine Cortial1,0372.60
OthersN/A1,248
Turnout39,94955.02
2nd round result
UMPCatherine Vautrin-Pennaforte 20,640 53.04
PSEric Quenard18,27446.96
Turnout38,91453.60
UMP hold

Sources