Somme's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of Somme

French National Assembly constituency
Somme's 2nd Constituency shown within Picardie.
Deputy	Barbara Pompili EELV
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 1st 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

Election		Member	Party
	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

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Somme's 2nd Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	LV	Barbara Pompili	21,044	50.83
	NC	Olivier Jardé	20,356	49.17
Turnout			42,676	56.88
	LV gain from NC		Swing

Sources

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