Nord's 13th constituency

13th constituency of the Nord

French National Assembly constituency
Nord's 13th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Christian Hutin MRC
Department	Nord
Canton	Coudekerque-Branche, Dunkerque-Ouest, Grande-Synthe
Voters	90,529

The 13th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

Nord's 13th Constituency includes the west of the port city of Dunkerque on the English Channel coast as well as its large southern suburb of Coudekerque-Branche.

The elected conservative members during its first 30 years before switching to the Socialist Party in 1988. Since then the seat has been won by left wing candidates at every election except 1993 and a by-election in 1998.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Auguste Damette	UNR
	1968		UDR
	1978	Maurice Sergheraert	Independent
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	André Delattre	PS
	1993	Emmanuel Dewees	RPR
	1997	Michel Delebarre	PS
	1998	Franck Dhersin	DL
	2002	Michel Delebarre	PS
	2012	Christian Hutin	CRM

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 13th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CRM	Christian Hutin	28,874	64.73
	FN	Philippe Eymery	15,730	35.27
Turnout			47,203	52.14
	CRM gain from PS		Swing

Sources

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