Nord's 1st constituency

1st constituency of Nord

French National Assembly constituency
Nord's 1st Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Deputy	Bernard Roman PS
Department	Nord
Canton	Lille-Centre, Lille-Sud, Lille-Sud-Est (part)
Voters	60,531

The 1st constituency of Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

The 1st constituency of Nord covers the centre and south of the city Lille.

In the early years of the Fifth Republic the seat was held by Gaullist parties but in recent years it has become a comfortable seat for the Socialist Party.

The seat is notable for being held for many years by Pierre Mauroy the Prime Minister of France between 1981 and 1984, Mauroy was also the Mayor of Lille for 28 years.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Henri Duterne	UNR
	1968	Pierre Billecocq	UDR
	1973	Pierre Mauroy	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Pierre Mauroy	PS
	1993	Colette Codaccioni	RPR
	1997	Bernard Roman	PS

Election Results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Bernard Roman	17,390	64.94
	UMP	Hervé-Marie Morelle	9,388	35.06
Turnout			27,808	45.94
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).