Nord's 14th constituency

14th constituency of the Nord

French National Assembly
constituency

Nord's 14th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy
 Jean-Pierre Decool
UMP
Department Nord
Canton Bergues, Bourbourg, Dunkerque-Est, Gravelines, Hondschoote, Wormhout
Voters 98,795

The 14th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

Nord's 14th constituency entirely surrounds Nord's 13th constituency and includes the eastern half of Dunkerque along with most of the coastal strip along the English Channel of the department.

Despite being held by the French Communist Party between 1962 and 1986 the seat has since then been held almost exclusively by conservatives with the only exception of between 1997 and 2002.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1958 Carlos Dolez MRP
1962 Henri Martel PCF
1967 Émile Roger PCF
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 Charles Paccou RPR
1993 Gabriel Deblock DVD
1997 Monique Denise PS
2002 Jean-Pierre Decool UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 14th Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Jean-Pierre Decool 30,703 53.44
PS Jean Schiepman 26,748 46.56
Turnout 59,315 60.04
UMP hold Swing

Sources

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