Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency

The 7th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais département.

Not to be confused with Calais (constituency).

7th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais

French National Assembly constituency
Pas-de-Calais' 7th constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Pierre-Henri Dumont LR
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Cantons	Audruicq, Calais-Centre, Calais-Est, Calais-Nord-Ouest, Calais-Sud-Est
Registered voters	92,392

Description

Pas-de-Calais' 7th constituency includes the whole of the port city of Calais.

Until 2017, the constituency consistently elected candidates from the Socialist Party with the exception of conservative landslide in 1993. Yann Capet's father, André Capet also represented the seat, holding it until his death in 2000.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	André Capet	PS
	1993	Claude Demassieux	RPR
	1997	André Capet	PS
	2001	Gilles Cocquempot	PS
	2012	Yann Capet	PS
	2017	Pierre-Henri Dumont	LR

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Philippe Olivier	FN	10,033	24.40	13,707	39.17
	Pierre-Henri Dumont	LR	8,907	21.67	21,284	60.83
	Dominique Piedfort	MoDem	8,354	20.32
	Yann Capet	PS	5,211	12.68
	Anne-Sophie Ligniert	FI	4,742	11.53
	Jacky Hénin	PCF	1,744	4.24
	Francis Gest	ECO	922	2.24
	Sébastien Lecoustre	DLF	510	1.24
	Françoise Millot	EXG	282	0.69
	Janick Charlet	DIV	150	0.36
	Marie-Jeanne Vincent	EXD	141	0.34
	Isabelle Fatoux	EXG	116	0.28
Votes			41,112	100.00	34,991	100.00
Valid votes			41,112	97.98	34,991	91.34
Blank votes			550	1.31	2,151	5.61
Null votes			299	0.71	1,168	3.05
Turnout			41,961	44.99	38,310	41.07
Abstentions			51,316	55.01	54,973	58.93
Registered voters			93,277		93,283
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Pas-de-Calais' 7th constituency - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Yann Capet	26,861	61.44
	UMP	Philippe Mignonet	16,857	38.56
Turnout			45,908	49.69
	PS hold		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Pas-de-Calais' 7th constituency - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Gilles Cocquempot	23,994	50.71
	UMP	Natacha Bouchart	23,319	49.29
Turnout			49,173	57.30
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

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