Nord's 14th constituency

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14th constituency of the Nord
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French National Assembly
constituency
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Nord's 14th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy
 Paul Christophe
LR
DepartmentNord
CantonsBergues, Bourbourg, Dunkerque-Est, Gravelines, Hondschoote, Wormhout
Registered voters98,795

The 14th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description[]

Nord's 14th constituency entirely surrounds Nord's 13th constituency and includes the eastern half of Dunkerque along with most of the coastal strip along the English Channel of the department.

Despite being held by the French Communist Party between 1962 and 1986 the seat has since then been held almost exclusively by conservatives with the only exception of between 1997 and 2002.

Historic Representation[]

Election Member Party
1958 MRP
1962 PCF
1967 PCF
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 RPR
1993 DVD
1997 PS
2002 Jean-Pierre Decool UMP
2017 Paul Christophe LR
2017 Agir

Election results[]

2017[]

Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Paul Christophe LR 13,004 26.67 25,162 63.88
Julien Lemaitte REM 12,407 25.44 14,229 36.12
Yohann Duval FN 9,898 20.30
Delphine Decoster FI 5,853 12.00
Christian Devos PS 2,634 5.40
Myriam Santhune ECO 1,584 3.25
Sylvie Brachet PRG 1,074 2.20
Jean-Paul Tisserand EXD 878 1.80
David Haillant EXG 644 1.32
Nathalie Benalla PCF 471 0.97
Stéphane Dumont DIV 320 0.66
Votes 48,767 100.00 39,391 100.00
Valid votes 48,767 97.28 39,391 89.71
Blank votes 952 1.90 3,074 7.00
Null votes 414 0.83 1,446 3.29
Turnout 50,133 50.75 43,911 44.45
Abstentions 48,660 49.25 54,871 55.55
Registered voters 98,793 98,782
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012[]

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 14th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Jean-Pierre Decool 23,015 39.16
PS Jean Schepman 21,496 36.58
FG Delphine Castelli 1,642 2.79
EELV José Szymaniak 1,368 2.33
Others N/A 1,300
Turnout 58,770 59.48
2nd round result
UMP Jean-Pierre Decool 30,703 53.44
PS Jean Schepman 26,748 46.56
Turnout 57,451 58.15
UMP hold

2007[]

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 14th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Jean-Pierre Decool 26,555 56.67
PRG Francis Bassemon 7,913 16.89
MoDem Séverine Potvin-Belet 2,531 5.40
FN Roger Lessieux 2,365 5.05
EXG Marie Bouzat 1,932 4.12
LV Laurence Hugues 1,407 3.00
CPNT Daneil Wexsteen 1,276 2.72
EXG David Dupuich 1,008 2.15
Others N/A 1,868
Turnout 48,099 64.86
UMP hold

2002[]

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 14th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Jean-Pierre Decool 20,407 42.91
PS Monique Denise 13,777 28.97
FN Didier Lejeune 5,797 12.19
CPNT Eric Delautre 2,367 4.98
Others N/A 5,207
Turnout 48,823 68.35
2nd round result
UMP Jean-Pierre Decool 26,776 58.09
PS Monique Denise 19,319 41.91
Turnout 48,085 67.32
UMP gain from PS

1997[]

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 14th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RPR Jean-Pierre Decool 16,712 35.08
PS Monique Denise 14,487 30.41
FN Yannick Le Floch 7,266 15.25
PCF Guillaume Dochez 2,783 5.84
LV Alain Tredez 1,887 3.96
DVD Philippe Peene 1,820 3.82
Others N/A 2,683
Turnout 50,979 76.16
2nd round result
PS Monique Denise 25,090 50.49
RPR Jean-Pierre Decool 24,604 49.51
Turnout 53,037 79.24
PS gain from DVD

Sources[]

  • Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
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