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

Election		Member	Party
	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

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