Pas-de-Calais's 8th constituency
| 8th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Pas-de-Calais' 8th constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Cantons | Aire-sur-la-Lys, Arques, Auchel, Norrent-Fontes, Saint-Omer-Nord, Saint-Omer-Sud |
| Registered voters | 93,191 |
The 8th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais département.
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 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 1988 | Roland Huguet | PS |
| style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | | 1993 | Jean-Jacques Delvaux | RPR |
| style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Michel Lefait | PS |
| style="background-color: Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color" | | 2017 | Benoît Potterie | REM |
Election results
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"| | Benoît Potterie | REM | 12,594 | 26.98 | 21,431 | 56.78 |
| style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"| | Karine Haverlant | FN | 10,055 | 21.54 | 16,310 | 43.22 |
| style="background:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color;"| | Bertrand Petit | PS | 10,022 | 21.47 | ||
| style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"| | Casimir Letellier | FI | 5,334 | 11.43 | ||
| style="background:Template:Union of Democrats and Independents/meta/color;"| | Muriel Volle | UDI | 3,657 | 7.83 | ||
| style="background:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color;"| | René Hocq | PCF | 2,393 | 5.13 | ||
| style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"| | Florian Quèze | ECO | 856 | 1.83 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"| | Jason Lamiaux | DVD | 586 | 1.26 | ||
| style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"| | Laure Bourel | EXG | 498 | 1.07 | ||
| style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"| | Philippe Rigaud | ECO | 405 | 0.87 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Michel Lefait | 32,414 | 65.64 | ||
| LC | François Decoster | 16,964 | 34.36 | ||
| Turnout | 51,736 | 55.52 | |||
| PS hold | Swing | ||||
2007
| 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 | ||
| LMR | 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).