title: Aisne's 2nd constituency
text: # Aisne's 2nd constituency
  
  The 2nd constituency of the Aisne is a French legislative constituency in the Aisne département.
  
  ## Description
  
  Aisne's 2nd constituency surrounds the city of Saint-Quentin in the north west of the department.
  
  Historically the seat has swung between left and right. It has seen long periods of both Gaullist and Communist control.
  
  At the 2012 elections former Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and UMP Chairman Xavier Bertrand held on to seat by only 222 votes.
  
  More recently, the seat has been more firmly right, with the second round in both 2017 and 2022 being between the Republicans and National Front/National Rally.
  
  ## Historic representation
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1958 | Edmond Bricout | UNR |
  | | 1967 | Edmond Bricout | UDR |
  | | 1968 | Edmond Bricout | UDR |
  | | 1973 | Daniel Le Meur | PCF |
  | | 1978 | Daniel Le Meur | PCF |
  | | 1981 | Daniel Le Meur | PCF |
  | 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
  | | 1988 | Daniel Le Meur | PCF |
  | | 1993 | Charles Baur | UDF |
  | | 1997 | Odette Grzegrzulka | PS |
  | | 2002 | Xavier Bertrand | UMP |
  | | 2007 | Xavier Bertrand | UMP |
  | | 2012 | Xavier Bertrand | UMP |
  | | 2016 | Julien Dive | LR |
  | | 2017 | Julien Dive | LR |
  | | 2022 | Julien Dive | LR |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2022
  
  Legislative Election 2022: Aisne's 2nd constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | LR (UDC) | Julien Dive | 11,704 | 35.91 | -0.57 |
  | | RN | Lola Puissant | 9,331 | 28.63 | +3.44 |
  | | LFI (NUPÉS) | Sulyvan Ransquin | 5,757 | 17.66 | -3.98 |
  | | Horizons (Ensemble) | Fatima El Ouasdi | 3,755 | 11.52 | N/A |
  | | REC | Cécé Amewoui | 938 | 2.88 | N/A |
  | | Others | N/A | 1,108 | - | - |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,593 | 45.44 | -0.69 |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | LR (UDC) | Julien Dive | 17,463 | 58.17 | -6.80 |
  | | RN | Lola Puissant | 12,558 | 41.83 | +6.80 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,021 | 43.51 | +0.72 |
  | | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold | LR hold |
  
  ### 2017
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | Julien Dive | LR | 12,099 | 36.48 | 19,019 | 64.97 |
  | | Sylvie Saillard-Meunier | FN | 8,349 | 25.17 | 10,255 | 35.03 |
  | | Paul Gironde | DIV | 4,005 | 12.07 | | |
  | | Sarah Lempereur | FI | 3,457 | 10.42 | | |
  | | Karl Pincherelle | PS | 2,309 | 6.96 | | |
  | | Michel Magniez | ECO | 721 | 2.17 | | |
  | | Corinne Bécourt | PCF | 694 | 2.09 | | |
  | | Jean-Christophe Seube | DLF | 607 | 1.83 | | |
  | | Anne Zanditénas | EXG | 297 | 0.90 | | |
  | | Antonio Ribeiro | DVG | 191 | 0.58 | | |
  | | Antoine Cid | DIV | 174 | 0.52 | | |
  | | Nora Daubin | ECO | 163 | 0.49 | | |
  | | Belaïdi Lograda | DIV | 103 | 0.31 | | |
  | Votes | Votes | Votes | 33,169 | 100.00 | 29,274 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 33,169 | 97.20 | 29,274 | 92.48 |
  | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 685 | 2.01 | 1,672 | 5.28 |
  | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 270 | 0.79 | 709 | 2.24 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,124 | 46.13 | 31,655 | 42.79 |
  | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 39,857 | 53.87 | 42,321 | 57.21 |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 73,981 | | 73,976 | |
  | Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||
  
  ### 2012
  
  Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative in Aisne's 2nd Constituency election results :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | Xavier Bertrand | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 17,404 | 38.89% | 22,445 | 50.25% |
  | | Anne Ferreira | Socialist Party | PS | 15,874 | 35.47% | 22,223 | 49.75% |
  | | Yannick Lejeune | National Front | FN | 7,289 | 16.29% | | |
  | | Guy Fontaine | Left Front | FG | 2,123 | 4.74% | | |
  | | Paul Gironde | Centre | CEN | 623 | 1.39% | | |
  | | Michel Aurigny | Far Left | EXG | 296 | 0.66% | | |
  | | Jean-Thierry Gampert | Far Right | EXD | 276 | 0.62% | | |
  | | Anne Zanditenas | Far Left | EXG | 242 | 0.54% | | |
  | | Sylvie Glinatsis | Ecologist | ECO | 225 | 0.50% | | |
  | | Guillaume Buil | Ecologist | ECO | 222 | 0.50% | | |
  | | Antonio Ribeiro | Miscellaneous Left | DVG | 178 | 0.40% | | |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44,752 | 100% | 44,668 | 100% |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 73,249 | | 73,254 | |
  | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 583 | 1.29% | 1,315 | 2.86% |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,335 | 61.89% | 45,983 | 62.77% |
  | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 27,914 | 38.11% | 27,271 | 37.23% |
  | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | UMP HOLD | UMP HOLD |
  
  ### 2007
  
  Legislative Election 2007: Aisne 2nd :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | UMP | Xavier Bertrand | 24,007 | 52.28 |
  | | PS | Odette Grzegrzulka | 10,278 | 22.81 |
  | | FN | Michèle Dall'ara | 2,382 | 5.29 |
  | | PCF | Jean-Luc Tournay | 2,191 | 4.86 |
  | | MoDem | Ahmed Bahaddou | 1,298 | 2.88 |
  | | MRC | Freddy Grzeziczak | 1,195 | 2.65 |
  | | LCR | Franck Mousset | 847 | 1.88 |
  | | LMR | Alain Betems | 525 | 1.17 |
  | | LV | Nora Ahmed-Ali | 470 | 1.04 |
  | | LO | Anne Zanditenas | 461 | 1.02 |
  | | Workers' Party | Nicole Aurigny | 347 | 0.77 |
  | | GE | Daniel Wargnier | 336 | 0.75 |
  | | MNR | Marie-José Guillet | 276 | 0.61 |
  | | MPF | Carmel Desjoyaux | 261 | 0.58 |
  | | ECO | Bertrand Sene | 184 | 0.41 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,058 | 61.45 |
  | | UMP hold | UMP hold | Swing | |
  