Nord's 9th constituency

9th constituency of the Nord

French National Assembly
constituency

Nord's 9th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy
 Bernard Gérard
UMP
Department Nord
Canton Lille-Nord-Est (part), Marcq-en-Barœul, Tourcoing-Sud.
Voters 89,257

The 9th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

Description

Nord's 9th constituency includes the north east of Lille and the south of Tourcoing as well as the suburb of Marcq-en-Barœul, which lies between the two. The canton of Lille Nord-Est was only added in the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies.

Politically the seat has been entirely consistent in its support of the Gaullist right since the inception of the 5th Republic.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1958 René Lecocq UNR
1967 Henri Blary UNR
1968 UDR
1978 Serge Charles RPR
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 Serge Charles RPR
1997 Patrick Delnatte RPR
2002 UMP
2007 Bernard Gérard UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 9th Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Bernard Gérard 26,377 61.21
Left Radical Jacques Mutez 16,718 38.79
Turnout 44,181 49.50
UMP hold Swing

Sources

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