Pas-de-Calais's 8th constituency

The 8th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais département.

8th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais

French National Assembly constituency
Pas-de-Calais' 8th constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Benoît Potterie REM
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Cantons	Aire-sur-la-Lys, Arques, Auchel, Norrent-Fontes, Saint-Omer-Nord, Saint-Omer-Sud
Registered voters	93,191

Description

Pas-de-Calais' 8th constituency is based around the town of Saint-Omer, close to the border with Nord.

Politically the seat bears a close resemblance to others in Pas-de-Calais as it strongly supported the left. This constituency elected Michel Lefait in 1997 after a brief tenure by the conservative Rally for the Republic who captured the seat in the landslide victory at the 1993 elections.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Roland Huguet	PS
	1993	Jean-Jacques Delvaux	RPR
	1997	Michel Lefait	PS
	2017	Benoît Potterie	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Benoît Potterie	REM	12,594	26.98	21,431	56.78
	Karine Haverlant	FN	10,055	21.54	16,310	43.22
	Bertrand Petit	PS	10,022	21.47
	Casimir Letellier	FI	5,334	11.43
	Muriel Volle	UDI	3,657	7.83
	René Hocq	PCF	2,393	5.13
	Florian Quèze	ECO	856	1.83
	Jason Lamiaux	DVD	586	1.26
	Laure Bourel	EXG	498	1.07
	Philippe Rigaud	ECO	405	0.87
	Marie Van Lierde	DIV	277	0.59
Votes			46,677	100.00	37,741	100.00
Valid votes			46,677	97.28	37,741	89.75
Blank votes			806	1.68	2,645	6.29
Null votes			500	1.04	1,665	3.96
Turnout			47,983	51.59	42,051	45.21
Abstentions			45,033	48.41	50,963	54.79
Registered voters			93,016		93,014
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Pas-de-Calais' 8th constituency - 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Michel Lefait	32,414	65.64
	NC	François Decoster	16,964	34.36
Turnout			51,736	55.52
	PS hold		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Pas-de-Calais 8th

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Michel Lefait	22,994	51.97
	UMP	Marie Pascale Bataille	14,935	33.75
	FN	Marie Duriez	2,023	4.57
	CPNT	Sabine Leurs	1,310	2.96
	LV	Brigitte Persson	898	2.03
	LCR	Habiba Lahbairi	645	1.46
	LO	Flore Lataste	623	1.41
	PCF	René Vandenkoornhuyse	455	1.03
	MNR	Brigitte Lagrange	364	0.83
Turnout			45,352	65.62
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

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