Calvados's 2nd constituency
# Calvados's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Calvados is a French legislative constituency in the Calvados department, covering the east of Caen, the department's prefecture. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.

## Deputies

| Election | Election | Member | Party | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 1958 | Robert Bisson | UNR |
| | 1962 | Robert Bisson | UNR |
| | 1967 | Robert Bisson | UDR |
| | 1968 | Robert Bisson | UDR |
| | 1973 | Robert Bisson | UDR |
| | 1978 | Robert Bisson | RPR |
| | 1981 | Henry Delisle | PS |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Louis Mexandeau | PS |
| | 1991 | Dominique Robert | PS | Substitute for Louis Mexandeau |
| | 1993 | Louis Mexandeau | PS |
| | 1997 | Louis Mexandeau | PS |
| | 2002 | Rodolphe Thomas | UDF |
| | 2007 | Laurence Dumont | PS |
| | 2012 | Laurence Dumont | PS |
| | 2017 | Laurence Dumont | PS |
| | 2022 | Arthur Delaporte | PS |

## Election results

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Calvados's 2nd constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PS (NUPÉS) | Arthur Delaporte | 14,040 | 42.01 | +1.99 |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Sylvie Dumont Prieux | 8,138 | 24.35 | -9.96 |
| | RN | Céline Deslandes | 5,091 | 15.23 | +5.25 |
| | LR (UDC) | Camille Brou | 2,449 | 7.33 | -2.60 |
| | REC | Esteline Caillemer | 886 | 2.65 | N/A |
| | DVC | Virginie Cronier | 813 | 2.43 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,003 | 5.99 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,420 | 49.67 | -0.93 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS (NUPÉS) | Arthur Delaporte | 18,963 | 59.86 | +6.54 |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Sylvie Dumont Prieux | 12,716 | 40.14 | -6.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,679 | 48.86 | +4.49 |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Éric Halphen | LREM | 11,522 | 34.31 | 12,968 | 46.68 |
| | Laurence Dumont | PS | 6,842 | 20.37 | 14,814 | 53.32 |
| | Étienne Brasselet | FI | 4,069 | 12.12 | | |
| | Sabrina Joret | FN | 3,351 | 9.98 | | |
| | Aminthe Renouf | LR | 3,335 | 9.93 | | |
| | Noëlle Le Maulf | ECO | 1,269 | 3.78 | | |
| | Gérard Leneveu | PCF | 1,261 | 3.75 | | |
| | Jérôme Hommais | ECO | 632 | 1.88 | | |
| | Christine Bonnissent | DLF | 386 | 1.15 | | |
| | Christophe Garcia | EXG | 253 | 0.75 | | |
| | Samuel Mouity | DIV | 173 | 0.52 | | |
| | Mohamed Bouabdallaoui | DIV | 141 | 0.42 | | |
| | Cedric Evano | DVG | 85 | 0.25 | | |
| | Didier Bergar | EXG | 81 | 0.24 | | |
| | Romain Coutant | DIV | 77 | 0.23 | | |
| | Mustafa Yilmaz | DIV | 62 | 0.18 | | |
| | Thibault Vétillard | DVG | 46 | 0.14 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 33,585 | 100.00 | 27,782 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 33,585 | 98.19 | 27,782 | 92.64 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 426 | 1.25 | 1,486 | 4.96 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 192 | 0.56 | 720 | 2.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,203 | 50.60 | 29,988 | 44.37 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 33,389 | 49.40 | 37,603 | 55.63 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 67,592 | | 67,591 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French legislative election in Calvados’ 2nd Constituency :

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Laurence Dumont | Socialist Party | PS | 17,837 | 45.97% | 22,880 | 62.49% |
| | Rodolphe Thomas | Democratic Movement | MoDem | 8,013 | 20.65% | 13,734 | 37.51% |
| | Amandine Francois | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 4,650 | 11.98% | | |
| | Christophe Mal | Front National | FN | 3,239 | 8.35% | | |
| | Gérard Leneveu | Left Front | FG | 2,952 | 7.61% | | |
| | Caroline Amiel | Europe Ecology – The Greens | EELV | 1,276 | 3.29% | | |
| | Christophe Sady | Ecologist | ECO | 174 | 0.45% | | |
| | Driss Anhichem | Miscellaneous Left | DVG | 172 | 0.44% | | |
| | Florine Le Bris | Far Left | EXG | 165 | 0.43% | | |
| | Christophe Garcia | Far Left | EXG | 130 | 0.34% | | |
| | Jacqueline Tancelin-Goueslard | Far Left | EXG | 98 | 0.25% | | |
| | Jean Paul Ducandas | Far Left | EXG | 71 | 0.18% | | |
| | Eric Le Denmat | | CEN | 28 | 0.07% | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 38,805 | 100% | 36,614 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 67,111 | | 67,110 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 395 | 1.01% | 1,071 | 2.84% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,200 | 58.41% | 37,685 | 56.15% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 27,911 | 41.59% | 29,425 | 43.85% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | PS HOLD | PS HOLD |

### 2007

Summary of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French legislative election in Calvados’ 2nd Constituency :

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Laurence Dumont | Socialist Party | PS | 14,706 | 37.68% | 22,403 | 54.62% |
| | Rodolphe Thomas | Democratic Movement | MoDem | 14,804 | 37.94% | 18,616 | 45.38% |
| | Alain Gruenais | The Greens | VEC | 1,844 | 4.73% | | |
| | Gérard Leneveu | Communist | PCF | 1,796 | 4.60% | | |
| | Henri Ferey | Front National | FN | 1,095 | 2.81% | | |
| | Cynthia Colosio | Far Left | EXG | 968 | 2.48% | | |
| | Bernard Crouzille | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | 866 | 2.22% | | |
| | Sophie Noel | Movement for France | MPF | 718 | 1.84% | | |
| | Hélène Kunkel | Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | CPNT | 674 | 1.73% | | |
| | Christophe Sady | Ecologist | ECO | 391 | 1.00% | | |
| | Eric Le Denmat | Independent | DIV | 369 | 0.95% | | |
| | Christophe Garcia | Far Left | EXG | 361 | 0.93% | | |
| | Rémi Aillaud | Far Left | EXG | 298 | 0.76% | | |
| | Eric Delteil | Far Left | EXG | 134 | 0.34% | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 39,024 | 100% | 41,019 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 67,480 | | 67,478 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 747 | 1.88% | 799 | 1.91% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,771 | 58.94% | 41,818 | 61.97% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 27,709 | 41.06% | 25,660 | 38.03% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | PS GAIN FROM UDF | PS GAIN FROM UDF |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Calvados's 2nd constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | UDF | Rodolphe Thomas | 13,156 | 33.84 | |
| | PS | Louis Mexandeau | 12,325 | 31.70 | |
| | FN | Eric Pinel | 2,554 | 6.57 | |
| | LV | Alain Gruenais | 1,998 | 5.14 | |
| | PCF | Gérard Leneveu | 1,745 | 4.49 | |
| | Miscellaneous far left | Patrick Arz | 1,502 | 3.86 | |
| | LMR | Marie-Christine Desloges | 1,036 | 2.66 | |
| | Others | N/A | 4,564 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,690 | 61.26 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UDF | Rodolphe Thomas | 18,903 | 51.07 | |
| | PS | Louis Mexandeau | 18,112 | 48.93 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,633 | 59.63 | |
| | UDF gain from PS | UDF gain from PS | UDF gain from PS | UDF gain from PS | UDF gain from PS |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Calvados's 2nd constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PS | Louis Mexandeau | 13,802 | 35.32 | |
| | RPR | Brigitte Le Brethon | 9,423 | 24.12 | |
| | PCF | Marc Bellet | 4,545 | 11.63 | |
| | FN | Jean-Luc Bigot | 4,029 | 10.31 | |
| | LV | Alain Gruenais | 2,246 | 5.75 | |
| | MPF | Paul Mercier | 1,096 | 2.81 | |
| | LCR | Nicolas Benies | 978 | 2.50 | |
| | GE | Karima Zahir | 901 | 2.31 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,053 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,836 | 65.14 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Louis Mexandeau | 25,674 | 62.67 | |
| | RPR | Brigitte Le Brethon | 15,294 | 37.33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,248 | 69.01 | |
| | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR |
