Pas-de-Calais' 7th constituency

7th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais

French National Assembly
constituency

Pas-de-Calais' 7th constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy
 Yann Capet
PS
Department Pas-de-Calais
Canton Audruicq, Calais-Centre, Calais-Est, Calais-Nord-Ouest, Calais-Sud-Est
Voters 92,392

The 7th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais département.

Description

Pas-de-Calais' 7th constituency includes the whole of the port city of Calais.

The constituency has consistently elected candidates from the Socialist Party with the exception of conservative landslide in 1993. The current representative Yann Capet's father, André Capet also represented the seat, holding it until his death in 2000.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 André Capet PS
1993 Claude Demassieux RPR
1997 André Capet PS
2001 Gilles Cocquempot PS
2012 Yann Capet PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Pas-de-Calais' 7th constituency - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PS Yann Capet 26,861 61.44
UMP Philippe Mignonet 16,857 38.56
Turnout 45,908 49.69
PS hold Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Pas-de-Calais' 7th constituency - 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±
PS Gilles Cocquempot 23,994 50.71
UMP Natacha Bouchart 23,319 49.29
Turnout 49,173 57.30
PS hold Swing

Sources

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