Meuse's 2nd constituency
# Meuse's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Meuse is a French legislative constituency in the Meuse département.

## Description

The 2nd constituency of Meuse covers the northern portion of the department. It includes the town of Verdun infamous for its role in the First World War.

From 1988 until 2017 the seat has been held by Jean-Louis Dumont, a former mayor of Verdun, of the Socialist Party. However, between 1993 and 1997 when it was held by Arsène Lux of the Gaullist RPR.

## Historic Representation

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Jean-Louis Dumont | PS |
| | 1993 | Arsène Lux | RPR |
| | 1997 | Jean-Louis Dumont | PS |
| | 2002 | Jean-Louis Dumont | PS |
| | 2007 | Jean-Louis Dumont | PS |
| | 2012 | Jean-Louis Dumont | PS |
| | 2017 | Émilie Cariou | LREM |
| | 2020 | Émilie Cariou | EDS |
| | 2020 | Émilie Cariou | ND |
| | 2022 | Florence Goulet | RN |

## Election results

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Meuse's 2nd constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | RN | Florence Goulet | 8,695 | 32.68 | +14.04 |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Anne Bois | 5,101 | 19.17 | -7.97 |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Johan Laflotte | 4,318 | 16.23 | -3.59 |
| | LR (UDC) | Jean-Marie Addenet | 3,588 | 13.49 | +1.29 |
| | DVG | Pascal Haros | 1,822 | 6.85 | N/A |
| | ECO | Yves Dhyvert | 778 | 2.92 | +0.10 |
| | REC | Michel Menneson | 676 | 2.54 | N/A |
| | DVC | Martin Gallic | 658 | 2.47 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 969 | - | - |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,605 | 45.72 | -2.92 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RN | Florence Goulet | 13,269 | 53.50 | +16.26 |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Anne Bois | 11,534 | 46.50 | -16.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,803 | 45.05 | +0.98 |
| | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Émilie Cariou | REM | 7,777 | 27.10 | 14,969 | 62.76 |
| | Éric Vilain | FN | 5,349 | 18.64 | 8,881 | 37.24 |
| | Jérôme Dumont | DVD | 5,181 | 18.05 | | |
| | Pierre Regent | LR | 3,500 | 12.20 | | |
| | Jean-Louis Dumont | PS | 2,848 | 9.92 | | |
| | Michaël Clément | FI | 2,000 | 6.97 | | |
| | François-Xavier Franceschini | PCF | 842 | 2.93 | | |
| | Yves Dhyvert | ECO | 810 | 2.82 | | |
| | Marcel Périn | EXG | 257 | 0.90 | | |
| | Maryse Vasseur | DIV | 134 | 0.47 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 28,698 | 100.00 | 23,850 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 28,698 | 97.87 | 23,850 | 89.78 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 462 | 1.58 | 2,025 | 7.62 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 162 | 0.55 | 690 | 2.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,322 | 48.64 | 26,565 | 44.07 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 30,957 | 51.36 | 33,709 | 55.93 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 60,279 | | 60,274 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Meuse's 2nd constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PS | Jean-Louis Dumont | 12,581 | 35.86 | |
| | UMP | Claude Leonard | 9,089 | 25.91 | |
| | FN | Gilbert Prot | 5,821 | 16.59 | |
| | DVD | Julien Didry | 4,865 | 13.87 | |
| | FG | Eric Bernardi | 1,421 | 4.05 | |
| | EELV | Dominique Ronga | 909 | 2.59 | |
| | Others | N/A | 397 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,083 | 57.23 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jean-Louis Dumont | 17,286 | 51.53 | |
| | UMP | Claude Leonard | 16,257 | 48.47 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,543 | 54.72 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |
