The 2nd constituency of

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: ''Deuxième circonscription de la Somme'') is one of five electoral districts in the department 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

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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

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, 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