Somme's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of Somme
French National Assembly
constituency
Somme's 2nd Constituency shown within Picardie.
Deputy
 Barbara Pompili
REM
Department Somme
Canton Amiens-I-Ouest, Amiens-III-Nord-Est, Amiens-V-Sud-Est, Amiens-VI-Sud, Amiens-VII-Sud-Ouest, Boves
Voters 75,032

The second constituency of Somme is a French legislative constituency in the Somme département.

Description

The 2nd constituency of the Somme contains most of Amiens and the village of Boves to its south east, which is separated from Amiens by the Étang Saint-Ladre nature reserve.

Politically the seat has historically favoured the right, until 2012 its only previous left wing deputy had been Jacques Fleury of the PS.


Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1958 Jean Doublet CNIP
1962 Léon Heitz PCF
1967 Jean-Louis Massoubre UDR
1978 RPR
1981 Jacques Fleury PS
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Gilles de Robien UDF
2002 Olivier Jardé UDF
2007 NC
2012 Barbara Pompili EELV
2017 REM

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Somme's 2nd Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
REM Barbara Pompili 17,948 61.89
FI Cédric Maisse 11,053 38.11
Turnout 32,248 42.72
REM gain from EELV Swing


2012

Legislative Election 2012: Somme's 2nd Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
EELV Barbara Pompili 21,044 50.83
NC Olivier Jardé 20,356 49.17
Turnout 42,676 56.88
EELV gain from NC Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

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