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The 2nd constituency of
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: ''Deuxième circonscription de la Somme'') is one of five electoral districts in the
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of the same name, each of which returns one
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to the
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in elections using the
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, with a run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.


Description

The constituency is made up of the six
cantons A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, t ...
of Amiens-I-Ouest, Amiens-III-Nord-Est, Amiens-V-Sud-Est, Amiens-VI-Sud, Amiens-VII-Sud-Ouest, and Boves. At the time of the 1999 census (which was the basis for the most recent redrawing of constituency boundaries, carried out in 2010) the 2nd constituency had a total population of 99,427. It contains most of the city of
Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
, plus the village of Boves to its south-east, separated from the city by the Étang Saint-Ladre nature reserve. Politically the seat has historically favoured the right. Its only left-wing deputy before 2012 had been Jacques Fleury of the PS.


Historic representation


Election results


2022

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2017

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2012

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2007

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2002

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1997

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Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002:
Résultats électoraux officiels en France
(in French). {{French National Assembly constituencies 2