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

ElectionMemberParty
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

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