The 21st constituency of the Nord is a French legislative

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

in the Nord ''département''.

Description

Prior to 1988, the 21st constituency was the constituency of

Avesnes-sur-Helpe Avesnes-sur-Helpe (; vls, Avenne aan de Helpe) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the Nord department. It is situated 14 km from the Belgian border, and 18 km south of Maubeuge, the near ...

in the southeastern part of the department. It now contains most of

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...

as well as some surrounding areas. Long serving representative and former Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry

Jean-Louis Borloo Jean-Louis Marie Borloo (; born 7 April 1951) is a French politician who served as president of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) from 2012 to 2014. He also was Minister of the Economy, Finance and Employment in 2007 and Minister of ...

resigned from the seat in April 2014 due to ill health and was replaced by Mayor of

Laurent Degallaix following a by-election.

Historic Representatives

Election results

2022

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2017

2014 by-election

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2012

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2007

2002

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1997

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1993

Sources

* Official results of French elections from 1998: {{French National Assembly constituencies 21