Nord's 13th constituency

The 13th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

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
Cantons	Coudekerque-Branche, Dunkerque-Ouest, Grande-Synthe
Registered voters	90,529

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	MRC
	2017		DVG

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Philippe Eymery	FN	9,893	25.72	12,478	36.68
	Christian Hutin	DVG	9,507	24.72	21,538	63.32
	Sarah Robin	REM	8,283	21.54
	Elio Berte-Langereau	FI	5,434	14.13
	Virginie Henocq	ECO	1,600	4.16
	Mickaëlle Lefèvre	UDI	1,584	4.12
	Delphine Castelli	PCF	680	1.77
	Anthony Simati	DIV	633	1.65
	Jacques Volant	EXG	500	1.30
	Catherine Mogis	DIV	254	0.66
	Christophe Legros	DIV	92	0.24
Votes			38,460	100.00	34,016	100.00
Valid votes			38,460	97.20	34,016	93.15
Blank votes			837	2.12	1,797	4.92
Null votes			272	0.69	704	1.93
Turnout			39,569	44.32	36,517	40.90
Abstentions			49,715	55.68	52,767	59.10
Registered voters			89,284		89,284
Source: Ministry of the Interior

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

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