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
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
CantonsAire-sur-la-Lys, Arques, Auchel, Norrent-Fontes, Saint-Omer-Nord, Saint-Omer-Sud
Registered voters93,191

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
ElectionMemberParty
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's 8th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Michel Lefait 26,144 48.55 -3.42
New Centre François Decoster 11,857 22.02 N/A
FN Evelyne Geronnez 8,461 15.71 +11.14
FG René Hocq 4,596 8.53 +7.50
Others N/A 2,792
Turnout 53,850 57.78 -7.84
2nd round result
PS Michel Lefait 32,414 65.64 N/A
New Centre François Decoster 16,964 34.36 N/A
Turnout 49,378 52.99 N/A
PS hold

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
LMR Sabine Leurs 1,310 2.96
LV Brigitte Persson 898 2.03
LCR Habiba Lahbairi 645 1.46
Workers' Struggle 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

2002
Legislative Election 2002: Pas-de-Calais's 8th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Michel Lefait 19,402 44.13
UMP Marie Pascale Bataille 12,797 29.11
FN Severine Leturque 4,515 10.27
LMR Bruno Cottrez 1,872 4.26
Workers' Struggle Laurent Clouet 982 2.23
RPF Francois Dubout 887 2.02
Others N/A 3,513
Turnout 45,374 67.46
2nd round result
PS Michel Lefait 24,634 58.26
UMP Marie Pascale Bataille 17,651 41.74
Turnout 44,077 65.54
PS hold

1997
Legislative Election 1997: Pas-de-Calais's 8th constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PS Michel Lefait 18,691 39.85
RPR Jean-Jacques Delvaux 15,311 32.64
FN Frédéric Lorthiois 5,052 10.77
LV Jacques Cailliau 2,201 4.69
MRC André Bonnier 2,115 4.51
Workers' Struggle Christophe Charlon 1,881 4.01
DVD Christine Dhorne 1,653 3.52
Turnout 50,860 79.36
2nd round result
PS Michel Lefait 27,777 57.69
RPR Jean-Jacques Delvaux 20,368 42.31
Turnout 50,860 79.36
PS gain from RPR

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