Pas-de-Calais's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais département.

1st constituency of the Pas-de-Calais

French National Assembly constituency
Pas-de-Calais' 1st constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Bruno Duvergé MoDem
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Cantons	Aubigny-en-Artois, Auxi-le-Château, Avesnes-le-Comte, Bapaume, Beaumetz-lès-Loges, Bertincourt, Croisilles, Marquion, Pas-en-Artois, Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Vitry-en-Artois
Registered voters	103,081

Description

Pas-de-Calais' 1st constituency covers a large rural chunk of the southern part of the department along the border with Picardie.

The seat was held by the left from 1988 to 2017.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Pierre Defontaine	MRG
	2007	Jacqueline Maquet	PS
	2012	Jean-Jacques Cottel	PS
	2017	Bruno Duvergé	MoDem

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Bruno Duvergé	MoDem	15,037	27.66	24,770	54.01
	Agnès Caudron	FN	12,710	23.38	21,093	45.99
	Michel Petit	LR	8,676	15.96
	Jean-Jacques Cottel	PS	8,415	15.48
	Gabriel Bertein	FI	5,415	9.96
	Sylvie Joniaux	ECO	1,179	2.17
	Arnaud Cugier	DLF	891	1.64
	Maryse Massart	PCF	429	0.79
	Jean-Paul Wallard	EXG	358	0.66
	Carine Brabant	DIV	313	0.58
	Jean-Marc Maurice	EXD	313	0.58
	Mickaël Decottignies	DVD	245	0.45
	Jérémy Lautour	EXG	193	0.36
	Jean-Marie Monka-Octave	DVG	189	0.35
Votes			54,363	100.00	45,863	100.00
Valid votes			54,363	97.34	45,863	90.52
Blank votes			1,005	1.80	3,240	6.40
Null votes			480	0.86	1,561	3.08
Turnout			55,848	53.50	50,664	48.54
Abstentions			48,533	46.50	53,721	51.46
Registered voters			104,381		104,385
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Pas-de-Calais's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jean-Jacques Cottel	23,196	37.26	+4.90
	UMP	Michel Petit	18,403	29.56	-8.08
	FN	Jean-Pierre D'Hollander	12,081	19.40	+13.69
	FG	Xavier Schmidt	3,420	5.49	+2.70
	MoDem	Bruno Duverge	2,680	4.30	N/A
	EELV	Serge Ravaux	1,435	2.30	-0.43
	Others	N/A	1,043
Turnout			62,258	60.39	-4.31
2nd round result
	PS	Jean-Jacques Cottel	31,658	52.59	+0.50
	UMP	Michel Petit	28,537	47.41	-0.50
Turnout			60,195	58.40	-7.40
	PS hold

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Pas-de-Calais's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Philippe Rapeneau	18,908	37.64
	PS	Jacqueline Maquet	16,257	32.36
	DVD	Gérard Pavy	3,886	7.74
	FN	Joseph Gabriele	2,866	5.71
	CPNT	Isabelle Carre	1,631	3.25
	EXG	Sigrid Dumoncay	1,406	2.80
	PCF	Jean-Jacques Guillemant	1,402	2.79
	LV	Laura Sanchez	1,369	2.73
	Others	N/A	2,508
Turnout			51,657	64.70
2nd round result
	PS	Jacqueline Maquet	26,398	52.09
	UMP	Philippe Rapeneau	24,282	47.91
Turnout			52,537	65.80
	PS gain from PRG

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Pas-de-Calais's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRG	Jean-Pierre Defontaine	16,071	31.39
	UMP	Philippe Rapeneau	11,861	23.17
	UDF	Denise Bocquillet	6,146	12.01
	FN	Jean-Marc Maurice	6,064	11.85
	CPNT	Isabelle Carre	2,495	4.87
	DVD	Gerard Pavy	1,895	3.70
	LV	Christiane Ducamp	1,388	2.71
	PCF	Michella Jaffre	1,123	2.19
	Others	N/A	4,148
Turnout			52,780	67.84
2nd round result
	PRG	Jean-Pierre Defontaine	24,501	50.54
	UMP	Philippe Rapeneau	23,974	49.46
Turnout			51,377	66.04
	PRG hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Pas-de-Calais's 1st constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PRG	Jean-Pierre Defontaine	21,438	39.53
	RPR	Jean-Marie Presteaux	11,566	21.33
	FN	Patrick Heaulme	7,061	13.02
	PCF	Lucien Capron	3,952	7.29
	DIV	Gérard Pavy	3,282	6.05
	DVD	Hervé Lamoril	2,382	4.39
	LV	Hélène Flautre	2,322	4.28
	ECO	Claudine Lescouf	1,213	2.24
	Others	N/A	1,013
Turnout			57,517	76.25
2nd round result
	PRG	Jean-Pierre Defontaine	33,134	60.22
	RPR	Jean-Marie Presteaux	21,888	39.78
Turnout			59,032	78.26
	PRG hold

Sources

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