Nord's 10th constituency

10th constituency of the North

French National Assembly
constituency

Nord's 10th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy
 Gérald Darmanin
UMP
Department Nord
Canton Tourcoing-Nord, Tourcoing-Nord-Est
Voters 80,361

Nord's tenth constituency is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département (in the far North of France). It is one of twenty-one in that département, and covers two cantons (Tourcoing-Nord, and Tourcoing-Nord-Est), which together constitute part of the town of Tourcoing. (The southern part of the town of Tourcoing is part of Nord's 9th constituency.)

Deputies

ElectionMember[1]Party
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 Jean-Pierre Balduyck PS
1993 Christian Vanneste RPR
1997 Jean-Pierre Balduyck PS
2002 Christian Vanneste UMP
2007 CNIP
2012 Gérald Darmanin UMP

Election results

2012

Following repeated homophobic statements by incumbent MP Christian Vanneste, the Union for a Popular Movement once more withdrew its endorsement of him (as it had done in 2007), but this time (unlike 2007) stood a candidate against him. Vanneste stood as the candidate of the Rally for France, a minor party of which he was the president since March 2012.[2][3][4]

Vanneste was eliminated in the first round of the vote, finishing fourth with 13.18%. The Socialist and UMP candidates were qualified for the runoff, receiving respectively 30.69% and 25.06% of the vote.[5]

Legislative Election 2012: Nord 10th - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Gérald Darmanin 19,585 54,88
PS Zina Dahmani 16,100 45,12
Turnout
UMP gain from Miscellaneous right Swing

2007

Christian Vanneste, the incumbent MP for the Union for a Popular Movement, lost the endorsement of his party after making repeated homophobic remarks. He had said in particular that homosexuality was an "acquired habit" which could be lost through "reeducation"; that homosexuality was "sectarian", inherently "narcissistic" and a "threat to the survival of humanity"; and that all homosexuals were "heterophobic" Such comments are rare in France, and drew widespread condemnation. The UMP did not allow him to stand as its candidate, but it did not stand a candidate against him. Vanneste stood as the candidate of the National Centre of Independents and Peasants, an associate party of the UMP. After his successful reelection, he was fully reintegrated into the UMP, and sat as one of its members in Parliament.[3][6]

Legislative Election 2007: Nord 10th - 2nd round[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CNIP Christian Vanneste 21 720 58.56 +2.15
PS Najat Azmy 15 367 41.44 -2.15
Turnout 38 949 49.67 -4.62
CNIP gain from UMP Swing +2.15

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord 10th - 2nd round[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Christian Vanneste 21 806 56.41
PS Jean-Pierre Balduyck 16 852 43.59
Turnout 40 215 54.29
UMP gain from PS Swing

References

Sources

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