The 2nd constituency of

Haute-Vienne Haute-Vienne (; , ; Upper Vienne) is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture an ...

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: ''Deuxième circonscription de la Haute-Vienne'') is a French legislative

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in the

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''. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using a two round electoral system.

Description

The 2nd Constituency of

covers the south west portion of the Department and includes some of the city of

Limoges Limoges ( , , ; , locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated o ...

. Historically the constituency leaned towards the centre-left. Daniel Boisserie of the

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represented the seat for twenty years between 1997 and 2007. His successor as PS candidate secured only 10.7% of the first round vote at the 2017 election coming fifth.

Assembly Members

Election results