Nord's 6th constituency

6th constituency of the Nord
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Nord's 6th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Charlotte Lecocq REM
Department	Nord
Cantons	Cysoing, Orchies, Pont-à-Marcq, d'Anstaing, Baisieux, Chéreng, Forest-sur-Marque, Gruson, Sailly-lez-Lannoy, Tressin et Willems
Registered voters	84,777
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The 6th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

Nord's 6th constituency lies in the centre of the department and reaches both its northern border with Belgium and its southern border with Pas-de-Calais. It covers the largely rural areas between Lille and Valenciennes.

Historically the seat has swung between left and right, however from 1993 to 2017 it was held continuously by the Gaullist Thierry Lazaro.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Union for the New Republic/meta/color" |	1958	Eugene Van Der Meersch	UNR
style="background-color: Template:Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left/meta/color" |	1962	Marceau Laurent	FDGS
style="background-color: Template:Union of Democrats for the Republic/meta/color" |	1968	Robert Vandelanoitte	UDR
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1973	André Laurent	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	1988	Robert Anselin	PS
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	1993	Thierry Lazaro	RPR
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2002		UMP
style="background-color: Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color" |	2017	Charlotte Lecocq	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color;"|	Charlotte Lecocq	REM	17,932	38.03	19,739	51.82
style="background:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color;"|	Thierry Lazaro	LR	10,905	23.13	18,354	48.18
style="background:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color;"|	Éric Cattelin-Denu	FN	6,999	14.84
style="background:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color;"|	Amandine Fouillard	FI	4,638	9.84
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"|	Maryse Faber-Rossi	ECO	1,540	3.27
style="background:Template:Radical Party of the Left/meta/color;"|	Didier Chastanet	PRG	1,406	2.98
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"|	Romain Sarels	DVD	1,228	2.60
style="background:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color;"|	Nadine Savary-Canteloup	PCF	1,001	2.12
style="background:Template:Ecologist/meta/color;"|	Isabelle Colas	ECO	539	1.14
style="background:Template:Far-left/meta/color;"|	Léa Demory	EXG	376	0.80
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	Anne Lefèvre	DIV	317	0.67
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous/meta/color;"|	Jean-Marc Gérard	DIV	255	0.54
style="background:Template:Miscellaneous right/meta/color;"|	Agnès Lefebvre	DVD	20	0.04
Votes			47,156	100.00	38,093	100.00
Valid votes			47,156	98.17	38,093	90.25
Blank votes			618	1.29	2,789	6.61
Null votes			261	0.54	1,324	3.14
Turnout			48,035	53.91	42,206	47.37
Abstentions			41,072	46.09	46,899	52.63
Registered voters			89,107		89,105
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 6th Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Thierry Lazaro	27,050	54.98
	PS	Angélique Deffontaine	22,148	45.02
Turnout			50,851	59.98
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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