Nord's 12th constituency
The 12th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.
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 Nord's 12th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |||
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| Department | Nord | ||
| Cantons | Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Sud, Berlaimont, Carnières, Hautmont, Landrecies, Le Quesnoy-Est, Le Quesnoy-Ouest, Solesmes | ||
| Registered voters | 93,678 | ||
Description
Following the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies Nord's 12th Constituency was effectively created as a new seat covering the areas once occupied by the 22nd and 24th constituencies in the east of the department.
Christian Bataille of the Socialist Party won the seat comfortably in the second round beating the National Front candidate by 7,000 votes.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Christian Bataille | PS | |
| 2017 | Anne-Laure Cattelot | REM | |
Election results
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Gérard Philippe | FN | 9,921 | 24.03 | 16,230 | 45.94 | |
| Anne-Laure Cattelot | REM | 9,710 | 23.51 | 19,095 | 54.06 | |
| Laurent Courtois | FI | 5,230 | 12.67 | |||
| Marjorie Gosselet | LR | 4,799 | 11.62 | |||
| Joël Wilmotte | DVD | 3,365 | 8.15 | |||
| Christian Bataille | DVG | 3,325 | 8.05 | |||
| Jean Durieux | PCF | 2,216 | 5.37 | |||
| Élisabeth Saint-Guily | ECO | 1,119 | 2.71 | |||
| Laurent Coulon | DVG | 783 | 1.90 | |||
| Jean-Charles Cournut | EXG | 313 | 0.76 | |||
| Nadine Fournard | EXD | 266 | 0.64 | |||
| Jonathan Pottiez | DIV | 247 | 0.60 | |||
| Votes | 41,294 | 100.00 | 35,325 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 41,294 | 97.66 | 35,325 | 90.98 | ||
| Blank votes | 672 | 1.59 | 2,451 | 6.31 | ||
| Null votes | 316 | 0.75 | 1,052 | 2.71 | ||
| Turnout | 42,282 | 45.17 | 38,828 | 41.49 | ||
| Abstentions | 51,328 | 54.83 | 54,752 | 58.51 | ||
| Registered voters | 93,610 | 93,580 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Christian Bataille | 27,129 | 57.47 | ||
| FN | Anne-Sophie Leveque | 20,080 | 42.53 | ||
| Turnout | 51,017 | 54.46 | |||
| PS hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
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