Nord's 15th constituency

15th constituency of the Nord

French National Assembly constituency
Nord's 15th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Jean-Pierre Allossery PS
Department	Nord
Canton	Bailleul-Nord-Est, Bailleul-Sud-Ouest, Cassel, Hazebrouck-Nord, Hazebrouck-Sud, Merville, Steenvoorde
Voters	95,226

The 15th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

Nord's 15th constituency includes the large towns of Bailleul and Hazebrouck in the north east of the department.

The constituency has swung between left and right since 1988 having previously been dominated by the French Communist Party throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Jean-Pierre Allossery of the PS gained the seat at the French legislative election, 2012 from the conservative Union for a Popular Movement.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Georges Sarazin	UNR
	1962	Arthur Ramette	PCF
	1973	Georges Hage	PCF
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Maurice Sergheraert	Independent
	1993	Marie-Fanny Gournay	RPR
	1997	Jean Delobel	PS
	2002	Françoise Hostalier	UMP
	2012	Jean-Pierre Allossery	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 15th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jean-Pierre Allossery	28,361	52.13
	Miscellaneous right	Jean-Pierre Bataille	26,043	47.87
Turnout			56,648	59.49
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Sources

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