Nord's 15th constituency
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Nord's 15th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
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| Department | Nord | ||
| Canton | Bailleul-Nord-Est, Bailleul-Sud-Ouest, Cassel, Hazebrouck-Nord, Hazebrouck-Sud, Merville, Steenvoorde | ||
| Voters | 95,226 | ||
The 15th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.
Description
Nord's 15th constituency includes the large towns of Bailleul and Hazebrouck in the north east of the department.
The constituency has swung between left and right since 1988 having previously been dominated by the French Communist Party throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Jean-Pierre Allossery of the PS gained the seat at the French legislative election, 2012 from the conservative Union for a Popular Movement.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1958 | Georges Sarazin | UNR | |
| 1962 | Arthur Ramette | PCF | |
| 1973 | Georges Hage | PCF | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Maurice Sergheraert | Independent | |
| 1993 | Marie-Fanny Gournay | RPR | |
| 1997 | Jean Delobel | PS | |
| 2002 | Françoise Hostalier | UMP | |
| 2012 | Jean-Pierre Allossery | PS | |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| PS | Jean-Pierre Allossery | 28,361 | 52.13 | ||
| Miscellaneous right | Jean-Pierre Bataille | 26,043 | 47.87 | ||
| Turnout | 56,648 | 59.49 | |||
| PS gain from UMP | Swing | ||||
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 1998: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
