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| 8th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Pas-de-Calais' 8th constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Cantons | Aire-sur-la-Lys, Arques, Auchel, Norrent-Fontes, Saint-Omer-Nord, Saint-Omer-Sud |
| Registered voters | 93,191 |
The 8th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais département.
Description
Pas-de-Calais' 8th constituency is based around the town of Saint-Omer, close to the border with Nord.
Politically the seat bears a close resemblance to others in Pas-de-Calais as it strongly supported the left. This constituency elected Michel Lefait in 1997 after a brief tenure by the conservative Rally for the Republic who captured the seat in the landslide victory at the 1993 elections.
Historic representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Roland Huguet | PS | |
| 1993 | Jean-Jacques Delvaux | RPR | |
| 1997 | Michel Lefait | PS | |
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | Benoît Potterie | LREM | |
| 2022 | Bertrand Petit | PS | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2024 | Auguste Evrard | RN | |
Election results
2024
| Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | Second round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | +/– | Votes | % | +/– | ||||
| Auguste Evrard | RN | 27,164 | 46.45 | +18.99 | 29,775 | 52.27 | +8.09 | ||
| Bertrand Petit | PS | 18,697 | 31.97 | +9.43 | 27,186 | 47.73 | -8.09 | ||
| Benoît Potterie | HOR | Ensemble | 9,824 | 16.80 | -4.56 | ||||
| Hervé Ruffin | LO | 1,199 | 2.05 | +0.78 | |||||
| Alain Atassi | DIV | 984 | 1.68 | new | |||||
| Jérémie Weber | REC | 617 | 1.05 | -1.30 | |||||
| Votes | 58,485 | 100.00 | 56,961 | 100.00 | |||||
| Valid votes | 58,485 | 97.40 | -0.46 | 56,961 | 95.34 | +2.23 | |||
| Blank votes | 934 | 1.56 | +0.24 | 1,772 | 2.97 | -1.43 | |||
| Null votes | 627 | 1.04 | +0.23 | 1,013 | 1.70 | -0.79 | |||
| Turnout | 60,046 | 64.99 | +16.00 | 59,746 | 64.67 | +17.09 | |||
| Abstentions | 32,342 | 35.01 | -16.00 | 32,646 | 35.33 | -17.09 | |||
| Registered voters | 92,388 | 92,392 | |||||||
| Source: | |||||||||
| Result | RN GAIN FROM PS | ||||||||
2023 by-election
Bertrand Petit's original election was annulled, but he won the by-election held on 30 January 2023.[1] Unlike in the 2022 election, his candidacy was endorsed by NUPES.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS (NUPÉS) | Bertrand Petit | 12,295 | 46.14 | +7.85 | |
| RN | Auguste Evrard | 6,388 | 23.97 | −3.49 | |
| HOR (Ensemble) | Benoît Potterie | 5,642 | 21.17 | −0.19 | |
| LO | Étienne Zannis | 1,062 | 3.99 | +2.72 | |
| REC | Aude Mayaud | 646 | 2.42 | +0.07 | |
| LR (UDC) | Lucas Roseuw | 615 | 2.31 | −2.75 | |
| Turnout | 27,401 | 29.62 | −19.37 | ||
| 2nd round result | |||||
| PS (NUPÉS) | Bertrand Petit | 16,190 | 66.49 | +10.67 | |
| RN | Auguste Evrard | 8,158 | 33.51 | −10.67 | |
| Turnout | 25,838 | 27.93 | −19.65 | ||
| PS hold | |||||
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RN | Auguste Evrard | 12,140 | 27.46 | +5.92 | |||
| PS | Bertrand Petit* | 9,961 | 22.54 | N/A | |||
| HOR (Ensemble) | Benoît Potterie | 9,440 | 21.36 | −5.62 | |||
| LFI (NUPÉS) | Simon Roussel | 6,961 | 15.75 | −22.28 | |||
| UDI (UDC) | Philippe Caron | 2,235 | 5.06 | −2.77 | |||
| REC | Aude Mayaud | 1,037 | 2.35 | N/A | |||
| Others | N/A | 2,428 | |||||
| Turnout | 44,202 | 48.99 | −2.60 | ||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PS | Bertrand Petit* | 22,801 | 55.82 | N/A | |||
| RN | Auguste Evrard | 18,048 | 44.18 | +0.96 | |||
| Turnout | 40,849 | 47.58 | +2.37 | ||||
| PS gain from LREM | |||||||
* PS dissident
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Benoît Potterie | REM | 12,594 | 26.98 | 21,431 | 56.78 | |
| Karine Haverlant | FN | 10,055 | 21.54 | 16,310 | 43.22 | |
| Bertrand Petit | PS | 10,022 | 21.47 | |||
| Casimir Letellier | FI | 5,334 | 11.43 | |||
| Muriel Volle | UDI | 3,657 | 7.83 | |||
| René Hocq | PCF | 2,393 | 5.13 | |||
| Florian Quèze | ECO | 856 | 1.83 | |||
| Jason Lamiaux | DVD | 586 | 1.26 | |||
| Laure Bourel | EXG | 498 | 1.07 | |||
| Philippe Rigaud | ECO | 405 | 0.87 | |||
| Marie Van Lierde | DIV | 277 | 0.59 | |||
| Votes | 46,677 | 100.00 | 37,741 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 46,677 | 97.28 | 37,741 | 89.75 | ||
| Blank votes | 806 | 1.68 | 2,645 | 6.29 | ||
| Null votes | 500 | 1.04 | 1,665 | 3.96 | ||
| Turnout | 47,983 | 51.59 | 42,051 | 45.21 | ||
| Abstentions | 45,033 | 48.41 | 50,963 | 54.79 | ||
| Registered voters | 93,016 | 93,014 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Michel Lefait | 26,144 | 48.55 | −3.42 | |||
| NC | François Decoster | 11,857 | 22.02 | N/A | |||
| FN | Evelyne Geronnez | 8,461 | 15.71 | +11.14 | |||
| FG | René Hocq | 4,596 | 8.53 | +7.50 | |||
| Others | N/A | 2,792 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,850 | 57.78 | −7.84 | ||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PS | Michel Lefait | 32,414 | 65.64 | N/A | |||
| NC | François Decoster | 16,964 | 34.36 | N/A | |||
| Turnout | 49,378 | 52.99 | N/A | ||||
| PS hold | |||||||
2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Michel Lefait | 22,994 | 51.97 | ||
| UMP | Marie Pascale Bataille | 14,935 | 33.75 | ||
| FN | Marie Duriez | 2,023 | 4.57 | ||
| CPNT | Sabine Leurs | 1,310 | 2.96 | ||
| LV | Brigitte Persson | 898 | 2.03 | ||
| LCR | Habiba Lahbairi | 645 | 1.46 | ||
| LO | Flore Lataste | 623 | 1.41 | ||
| PCF | René Vandenkoornhuyse | 455 | 1.03 | ||
| MNR | Brigitte Lagrange | 364 | 0.83 | ||
| Turnout | 45,352 | 65.62 | |||
| PS hold | Swing | ||||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Michel Lefait | 19,402 | 44.13 | ||||
| UMP | Marie Pascale Bataille | 12,797 | 29.11 | ||||
| FN | Severine Leturque | 4,515 | 10.27 | ||||
| CPNT | Bruno Cottrez | 1,872 | 4.26 | ||||
| LO | Laurent Clouet | 982 | 2.23 | ||||
| RPF | Francois Dubout | 887 | 2.02 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 3,513 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,374 | 67.46 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PS | Michel Lefait | 24,634 | 58.26 | ||||
| UMP | Marie Pascale Bataille | 17,651 | 41.74 | ||||
| Turnout | 44,077 | 65.54 | |||||
| PS hold | |||||||
1997
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Michel Lefait | 18,691 | 39.85 | ||
| RPR | Jean-Jacques Delvaux | 15,311 | 32.64 | ||
| FN | Frédéric Lorthiois | 5,052 | 10.77 | ||
| LV | Jacques Cailliau | 2,201 | 4.69 | ||
| MRC | André Bonnier | 2,115 | 4.51 | ||
| LO | Christophe Charlon | 1,881 | 4.01 | ||
| DVD | Christine Dhorne | 1,653 | 3.52 | ||
| Turnout | 50,860 | 79.36 | |||
| 2nd round result | |||||
| PS | Michel Lefait | 27,777 | 57.69 | ||
| RPR | Jean-Jacques Delvaux | 20,368 | 42.31 | ||
| Turnout | 50,860 | 79.36 | |||
| PS gain from RPR | |||||
References
- ^ Duhaut, Jennifer-Laure Djian et Valéry (29 January 2023). "Législative (8e circonscription) : Bertrand Petit réélu député avec 66,49 % des voix". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
Sources
- Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).