Nord's 13th constituency
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Nord's 13th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
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| Department | Nord | ||
| Canton | Coudekerque-Branche, Dunkerque-Ouest, Grande-Synthe | ||
| Voters | 90,529 | ||
The 13th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.
Description
Nord's 13th Constituency includes the west of the port city of Dunkerque on the English Channel coast as well as its large southern suburb of Coudekerque-Branche.
The elected conservative members during its first 30 years before switching to the Socialist Party in 1988. Since then the seat has been won by left wing candidates at every election except 1993 and a by-election in 1998.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Auguste Damette | UNR | |
| 1968 | UDR | ||
| 1978 | Maurice Sergheraert | Independent | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | André Delattre | PS | |
| 1993 | Emmanuel Dewees | RPR | |
| 1997 | Michel Delebarre | PS | |
| 1998 | Franck Dhersin | DL | |
| 2002 | Michel Delebarre | PS | |
| 2012 | Christian Hutin | CRM | |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRM | Christian Hutin | 28,874 | 64.73 | ||
| FN | Philippe Eymery | 15,730 | 35.27 | ||
| Turnout | 47,203 | 52.14 | |||
| CRM gain from PS | Swing | ||||
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 1998: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
