Nord's 8th constituency
| 8th constituency of the Nord | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Nord's 8th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Nord |
| Cantons | Roubaix-Centre, Roubaix-Est, Roubaix-Nord |
| Registered voters | 69,044 |
The 8th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.
Description
Nord's 8th constituency covers three of the four (pre-2015) cantons of the city of Roubaix with only Roubaix Ouest within Nord's 7th constituency.
Despite electing a candidate from the centre right UDF as recently as 2002 the seat appeared to be safe for the left until 2017. Dominique Baert was expelled from the Socialist Party prior to the 2012 election and faced a Green Party (France) candidate backed by the Socialist Party. He was, however, comfortably re-elected with nearly 70% of the vote but on a very low turnout of only 41%.
Historic Representation
Election results
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"| | Catherine Osson | REM | 6,369 | 28.86 | 11,703 | 62.95 |
| style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"| | Astrid Leplat | FN | 4,845 | 21.95 | 6,889 | 37.05 |
| style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"| | Paul Zilmia | FI | 4,334 | 19.64 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous left/meta/color;"| | Karim Amrouni | DVG | 1,709 | 7.74 | ||
| style="background:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color;"| | Léonard Delcourt | LR | 1,691 | 7.66 | ||
| style="background:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color;"| | Mehdi Massrour | PS | 1,074 | 4.87 | ||
| style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"| | Christian Carlier | ECO | 763 | 3.46 | ||
| style="background:Template:Debout la France/meta/color;"| | Sandrine Vanhoorde | DLF | 467 | 2.12 | ||
| style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"| | Françoise Delbarre | EXG | 354 | 1.60 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | Madgid Khiter | DIV | 213 | 0.97 | ||
| style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"| | Nadia Bourahla | ECO | 134 | 0.61 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | Rachid Rizoug | DIV | 100 | 0.45 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | Amine Baba Aïssa | DIV | 15 | 0.07 | ||
| style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"| | Luis Da Costa | DIV | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Votes | 22,068 | 100.00 | 18,592 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 22,068 | 97.31 | 18,592 | 91.65 | ||
| Blank votes | 449 | 1.98 | 1,225 | 6.04 | ||
| Null votes | 160 | 0.71 | 468 | 2.31 | ||
| Turnout | 22,677 | 33.43 | 20,285 | 29.91 | ||
| Abstentions | 45,148 | 66.57 | 47,537 | 70.09 | ||
| Registered voters | 67,825 | 67,822 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVG | Dominique Baert | 18,110 | 69.58 | ||
| LV | Slimane Tir | 7,919 | 30.42 | ||
| Turnout | 28,066 | 40.65 | |||
| DVG gain from PS | Swing | ||||
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).