Nord's 13th constituency

13th constituency of the Nord

French National Assembly
constituency

Nord's 13th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy
 Christian Hutin
MRC
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

ElectionMemberParty
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

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 13th Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
MRC Christian Hutin 28,874 64.73
FN Philippe Eymery 15,730 35.27
Turnout 47,203 52.14
MRC gain from PS Swing

Sources

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