Nord's 5th constituency

5th constituency of the Nord

French National Assembly constituency
Nord's 5th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Sébastien Huyghe UMP
Department	Nord
Canton	La Bassée, Haubourdin (part), Seclin-Nord, Seclin-Sud
Voters	96,486

The 5th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

Nord's 5th constituency lies in the centre of the department to the south of Lille. The main town is Seclin which is still part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole but this left leaning town is outweighed by the more conservative surrounding areas.

Despite 40 years of uninterrupted Socialist Party control between 1962 and 2002 the seat has now been held by the conservative UMP at three consecutive elections.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Georges Brice	UNR
	1962	Arthur Notebart	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Denise Cacheux	PS
	1993	Bernard Davoine	PS
	1997	Martine Aubry	PS
	1997	Bernard Davoine	PS
	2002	Sébastien Huyghe	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 5th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Sébastien Huyghe	27,131	51.43
	PS	Denise Cacheux	25,626	48.57
Turnout			51,365	52.85
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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