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{{Short description|Constituency of the National Assembly of France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox French constituency
| name         = 20th constituency of [[Nord (French department)|Nord]]
| image        = Nord's20thConstituency.png
| caption      = Nord's 20th Constituency shown within [[Nord-Pas-de-Calais]]
| member-type  = Deputy
| member       = [[Guillaume Florquin]]
| member-party = [[National Rally|RN]]
| department   = [[Nord (French department)|Nord]]
| canton       = Anzin (part), Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive droite, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux-Rive gauche,
| census-date  =
| pop          =
| voters       = 80,858
}}
The '''20th constituency of Nord''' is a French legislative [[Constituency (France)|constituency]] in the [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] [[departments of France|department]].
== Description ==
Nord's 20th constituency occupies the areas between the city of [[Valenciennes]] and the border with [[Belgium]].
The constituency is a stronghold of the [[French Communist Party]] (PCF), and was held by veteran [[French Communist Party|communist]] [[Alain Bocquet]] from 1988 to 2017. It was held by PCF National Secretary and [[2022 French presidential election|2022 presidential election]] candidate [[Fabien Roussel]], but he was defeated by the [[National Rally|RN]] candidate [[Guillaume Florquin]] in the [[2024 French legislative election|2024 French elections]], marking the first time the PCF will not represent the constituency since its creation.
== Historic Representation ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|French Section of the Workers' International}}" |
|[[1958 French legislative election|1958]]
|Fernand Duchâteau
|[[French Section of the Workers' International|SFIO]]
|-
| rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|French Communist Party}}" |
| [[1962 French legislative election|1962]]
| rowspan="3" | Henri Fiévez
| rowspan="6" | [[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|-
|[[1967 French legislative election|1967]]
|-
|[[1968 French legislative election|1968]]
|-
|[[1973 French legislative election|1973]]
| rowspan="3" |Gustave Ansart
|-
| [[1978 French legislative election|1978]]
|-
|[[1981 French legislative election|1981]]
|-
|colspan="2" align="center"| [[1986 French legislative election|1986]]
|colspan="2"| ''[[Proportional representation]] - no election by constituency''
|-
| rowspan="8" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|French Communist Party}}" |
| [[1988 French legislative election|1988]]
| rowspan="6" | [[Alain Bocquet]]
| rowspan="8" | [[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|-
|[[1993 French legislative election|1993]]
|-
|[[1997 French legislative election|1997]]
|-
|[[2002 French legislative election|2002]]
|-
|[[2007 French legislative election|2007]]
|-
|[[2012 French legislative election|2012]]
|-
| [[2017 French legislative election|2017]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Fabien Roussel]]
|-
|[[2022 French legislative election|2022]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Rally}}" |
|[[2024 French legislative election|2024]]
|[[Guillaume Florquin]]
|[[National Rally|RN]]
|}
== Election results ==
===2024===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;font-size:95%;"
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2"|Party
!rowspan="2"|Alliance
!colspan="3"|First round
!colspan="3"|Second round
|-
!style="width:50px;"|Votes
!style="width:45px;"|%
!style="width:45px;"|+/–
!style="width:50px;"|Votes
!style="width:45px;"|%
!style="width:45px;"|+/–
|-
<!-- second round candidate -->
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Rally}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|'''[[Guillaume Florquin]]'''
|[[National Rally|'''RN''']]
|
|'''{{formatnum:23852}}'''
|'''50.30'''
| '''+17.68'''
|colspan="3" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
<!-- first round only --->
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|French Communist Party}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Fabien Roussel]]
|[[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|[[New Popular Front|NFP]]
|{{formatnum:14791}}
|31.19
| -2.96
|colspan="3" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
<!-- first round only --->
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Movement (France)}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Pierre-Luc Vervandier
|[[Democratic Movement (France)|MoDem]]
|[[Together (coalition)|ENS]]
|{{formatnum:5010}}
|10.57
| -4.12
|colspan="3" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
<!-- first round only --->
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|The Republicans (France)}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Élisabeth Gondy
|[[The Republicans (France)|LR]]
|
|{{formatnum:3087}}
|6.51
| N/A
|colspan="3" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
<!-- first round only --->
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Workers' Struggle}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Dimitri Mozdzierz
|[[Workers' Struggle|LO]]
|
|{{formatnum:679}}
|1.43
| +0.68
|colspan="3" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|colspan="10" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Valid votes
|{{formatnum:47419}}
|97.75
| -0.33
|colspan="3" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Blank votes
|{{formatnum:757}}
|1.56
| +0.16
|colspan="3" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Null votes
|{{formatnum:335}}
|0.69
| +0.17
|colspan="3" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout
|{{formatnum:48511}}
|59.02
| +19.40
|colspan="3" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions
|{{formatnum:33679}}
|40.98
|  -19.40
|colspan="3" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters
|{{formatnum:82190}}
|colspan="5" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|colspan="10" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|colspan="10" style="text-align:left;"|Source: [[Ministry of the Interior (France)|Ministry of the Interior]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives2024/ |title=Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024 |publisher=[[Ministry of Interior (France)|Ministry of Interior]]}}</ref> [[Le Monde]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2024/06/19/qui-sont-les-candidats-aux-elections-legislatives-2024-decouvrez-la-liste-circonscription-par-circonscription_6241357_4355770.html |title=Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription |date=19 June 2024 |access-date=22 June 2023 |publisher=[[Le Monde]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2024/06/30/french-election-results-map-of-the-first-round-s-results_6676224_8.html |title=Map of the results of the first round of the legislative elections 2024 |date=30 June 2024 |access-date=30 June 2024 |publisher=[[Le Monde]]}}</ref>
|-
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Result
| colspan="7" style="background-color:{{party color|National Rally}}" | {{color|white|RN GAIN FROM PCF}}
|}
===2022===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 French legislative election|Legislative Election 2022]]: Nord's 20th constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate for alliance|
|party      = French Communist Party
|side       = NUPES
|candidate  = [[Fabien Roussel]]
|votes      = 10,819
|percentage = 34.15
|change     = +1.26
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party      = National Rally (France)
|candidate  = Guillaume Florquin
|votes      = 10,334
|percentage = 32.62
|change     = +9.97
}}
{{Election box candidate for alliance|
|party      = La République En Marche!
|side       = Ensemble Citoyens
|candidate  = Delphine Alexandre
|votes      = 4,654
|percentage = 14.69
|change     = -5.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = La France Insoumise
|candidate  = Éric Renaud*
|votes      = 2,757
|percentage = 8.70
|change     = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Reconquête
|candidate  = Béatrice Lasserre
|votes      = 1,011
|percentage = 3.19
|change     = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = Animalist Party
|candidate  = Rudy Patel
|votes      = 960
|percentage = 3.03
|change     = N/A
}}
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
{{Election box candidate|
|party      = Others
|candidate  = ''N/A''
|votes      = 1,144
|percentage = 3.61
|change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes      = 31,679
|percentage = 39.62
|change     = -1.42
}}
{{Election box 2nd round}}
{{Election box winning candidate for alliance|
|party      = French Communist Party
|side       = NUPES
|candidate  = [[Fabien Roussel]]
|votes      = 16,439
|percentage = 54.50
|change     = -9.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party      = National Rally (France)
|candidate  = Guillaume Florquin
|votes      = 13,725
|percentage = 45.50
|change     = +9.38
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes      = 30,164
|percentage = 39.48
|change     = +1.40
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner     = French Communist Party
|loser      =
|swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> LFI dissident
=== 2017 ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;font-size:95%;"
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2"|Label
!colspan="2"|First round
!colspan="2"|Second round
|-
!style="width:50px;"|Votes
!style="width:45px;"|%
!style="width:50px;"|Votes
!style="width:45px;"|%
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|French Communist Party}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|'''[[Fabien Roussel]]'''
|[[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|{{formatnum:7712}}
|23.61
|'''{{formatnum:18633}}'''
|'''63.88'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Front (France)}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Ludovic de Danne
|[[National Front (France)|FN]]
|{{formatnum:7397}}
|22.65
|{{formatnum:10538}}
|36.12
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|La République En Marche!}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Daniel Zielinski
|[[La République En Marche!|REM]]
|{{formatnum:6588}}
|20.17
|colspan="2" rowspan="10" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Miscellaneous left}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Éric Renaud
|[[Miscellaneous left|DVG]]
|{{formatnum:3124}}
|9.56
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|La France Insoumise}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|David Richer
|[[La France Insoumise|FI]]
|{{formatnum:3031}}
|9.28
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union of Democrats and Independents}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|David Bustin
|[[Union of Democrats and Independents|UDI]]
|{{formatnum:1839}}
|5.63
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Miscellaneous right}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Éric Castelain
|[[Miscellaneous right|DVD]]
|{{formatnum:1112}}
|3.40
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Ecologist}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Frédéric Bigot
|[[Political ecology in France|ECO]]
|{{formatnum:699}}
|2.14
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Far-right}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Dominique Slabolepszy
|[[Far-right in France|EXD]]
|{{formatnum:515}}
|1.58
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Far-left}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Bruno Leclercq
|[[Far-left in France|EXG]]
|{{formatnum:282}}
|0.86
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Miscellaneous right}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Thierry Aubert
|[[Miscellaneous right|DVD]]
|{{formatnum:209}}
|0.64
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Miscellaneous}};"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Christelle Carpentier
|[[Sans étiquette|DIV]]
|{{formatnum:156}}
|0.48
|-
|colspan="7" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-style="font-weight:bold;"
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Votes
|{{formatnum:32664}}
|100.00
|{{formatnum:29171}}
|100.00
|-
|colspan="7" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid votes
|{{formatnum:32664}}
|98.13
|{{formatnum:29171}}
|94.47
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Blank votes
|{{formatnum:432}}
|1.30
|{{formatnum:1196}}
|3.87
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Null votes
|{{formatnum:192}}
|0.58
|{{formatnum:513}}
|1.66
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout
|{{formatnum:33288}}
|41.04
|{{formatnum:30880}}
|38.08
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions
|{{formatnum:47827}}
|58.96
|{{formatnum:50223}}
|61.92
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters
|{{formatnum:81115}}
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9;"|
|{{formatnum:81103}}
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|colspan="7" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|
|-
|colspan="7" style="text-align:left;"|Source: [https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017/(path)/legislatives-2017/059/05920.html Ministry of the Interior]
|}
=== 2012 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 French legislative election|Legislative Election 2012]]: Nord's 20th constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate for alliance
|party      = French Communist Party
|side       = Left Front (France)
|candidate  = [[Alain Bocquet]]
|votes      = 18,549
|percentage = 46.57
|change     =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = National Front (France)
|candidate  = Nathalie Betegnies
|votes      = 8,654
|percentage = 21.73
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Union for a Popular Movement
|candidate  = Monique Huon
|votes      = 5,376
|percentage = 13.50
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Socialist Party (France)
|candidate  = Sébastien Urgu
|votes      = 4,946
|percentage = 12.42
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Miscellaneous Right
|candidate  = Gilles Waddington
|votes      = 799
|percentage = 2.01
|change     =
}}
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
{{Election box candidate
|party      = Others
|candidate  = ''N/A''
|votes      = 1,510
|percentage =
|change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes      = 39,834
|percentage = 49.26
|change     =
}}
{{Election box 2nd round}}
{{Election box winning candidate for alliance
|party      = French Communist Party
|side       = Left Front (France)
|candidate  = [[Alain Bocquet]]
|votes      = 24,762
|percentage = 66.27
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = National Front (France)
|candidate  = Nathalie Betegnies
|votes      = 12,606
|percentage = 33.73
|change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes      = 37,368
|percentage = 46.21
|change     =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner = Left Front (France)
|loser  = French Communist Party
|swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2007===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2007 French legislative election|Legislative Election 2007]]: Nord's 20th constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = French Communist Party
|candidate  = [[Alain Bocquet]]
|votes      = 21,320
|percentage = 46.49
|change     =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Union for a Popular Movement
|candidate  = Marie-Thérèse Garcia
|votes      = 9,989
|percentage = 21.78
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Socialist Party (France)
|candidate  = Marie-Geneviève Degrandsart
|votes      = 4,170
|percentage = 9.09
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Miscellaneous Right
|candidate  = Eric Castelain
|votes      = 2,890
|percentage = 6.30
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = National Front (France)
|candidate  = Michelle Beal
|votes      = 2,494
|percentage = 5.44
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Democratic Movement (France)
|candidate  = Françoise Mascotto
|votes      = 1,869
|percentage = 4.08
|change     =
}}
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
{{Election box candidate
|party      = Others
|candidate  = ''N/A''
|votes      = 3,129
|percentage =
|change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes      = 46,610
|percentage = 56.35
|change     =
}}
{{Election box 2nd round}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = French Communist Party
|candidate  = [[Alain Bocquet]]
|votes      = 29,933
|percentage = 69.17
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Union for a Popular Movement
|candidate  = Marie-Thérèse Garcia
|votes      = 13,340
|percentage = 30.83
|change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes      = 44,393
|percentage = 53.67
|change     =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = French Communist Party
|loser  =
|swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2002===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2002 French legislative election|Legislative Election 2002]]: Nord's 20th constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = French Communist Party
|candidate  = [[Alain Bocquet]]
|votes      = 18,374
|percentage = 39.58
|change     =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Union for a Popular Movement
|candidate  = Sylvie Woelffle
|votes      = 9,087
|percentage = 19.57
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = National Front (France)
|candidate  = Carl Lang
|votes      = 8,663
|percentage = 18.66
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Socialist Party (France)
|candidate  = Marie-Geneviève Degrandsart
|votes      = 4,960
|percentage = 10.68
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions
|candidate  = Monique Huon
|votes      = 1,448
|percentage = 3.12
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = The Greens (France)
|candidate  = Luc Coppin
|votes      = 1,328
|percentage = 2.86
|change     =
}}
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
{{Election box candidate
|party      = Others
|candidate  = ''N/A''
|votes      = 2,568
|percentage =
|change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes      = 47,307
|percentage = 58.78
|change     =
}}
{{Election box 2nd round}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = French Communist Party
|candidate  = [[Alain Bocquet]]
|votes      = 26,904
|percentage = 63.97
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Union for a Popular Movement
|candidate  = Sylvie Woelffle
|votes      = 15,150
|percentage = 36.03
|change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes      = 43,705
|percentage = 54.51
|change     =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = French Communist Party
|loser  =
|swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===1997===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1997 French legislative election|Legislative Election 1997]]: Nord's 20th constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = French Communist Party
|candidate  = [[Alain Bocquet]]
|votes      = 21,228
|percentage = 41.10
|change     =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = National Front (France)
|candidate  = Michelle Beal
|votes      = 10,442
|percentage = 20.22
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Socialist Party (France)
|candidate  = Nadine Cochy
|votes      = 7,242
|percentage = 14.02
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Rally for the Republic
|candidate  = Alexis Massart
|votes      = 7,013
|percentage = 13.58
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Ecology Generation
|candidate  = Christian Atzori
|votes      = 1,351
|percentage = 2.62
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Workers' Struggle
|candidate  = Jean-Pierre Lecesne
|votes      = 1,314
|percentage = 2.54
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = Miscellaneous Right
|candidate  = Michel Benit
|votes      = 1,118
|percentage = 2.16
|change     =
}}
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
{{Election box candidate
|party      = Others
|candidate  = ''N/A''
|votes      = 1,946
|percentage =
|change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes      = 53,963
|percentage = 69.79
|change     =
}}
{{Election box 2nd round}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = French Communist Party
|candidate  = [[Alain Bocquet]]
|votes      = 32,535
|percentage = 69.33
|change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party      = National Front (France)
|candidate  = Michelle Beal
|votes      = 14,392
|percentage = 30.67
|change     =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes      = 52,763
|percentage = 68.24
|change     =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = French Communist Party
|loser  =
|swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Sources==
{{reflist}}
*Official results of French elections from 1998: {{Cite web
|url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/elections/resultats
|title=Résultats électoraux officiels en France
|language= fr}}
{{French National Assembly constituencies}}
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