# Nord's 8th constituency

The 8th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

## Description

Nord's 8th constituency covers three of the four (pre-2015) cantons of the city of Roubaix with only Roubaix Ouest within Nord's 7th constituency.
Despite electing a candidate from the centre right UDF as recently as 2002 the seat appeared to be safe for the left until 2017. Dominique Baert was expelled from the Socialist Party prior to the 2012 election and faced a Green Party (France) candidate backed by the Socialist Party. He was, however, comfortably re-elected with nearly 70% of the vote but on a very low turnout of only 41%.

## Historic Representation

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | André Diligent | MRP |
| | 1962 | Pierre Herman | UNR |
| | 1967 | Jean Delvainquière | SFIO |
| | 1968 | Pierre Herman | UDR |
| | 1973 | Léonce Clérambeaux | PS |
| | 1978 | Alain Faugaret | PS |
| | 1981 | Alain Faugaret | PS |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Gérard Vignoble | UDF |
| | 1993 | Gérard Vignoble | UDF |
| | 1997 | Dominique Baert | PS |
| | 2002 | Gérard Vignoble | UDF |
| | 2007 | Dominique Baert | PS |
| | 2012 | Dominique Baert | DVG |
| | 2017 | Catherine Osson | LREM |
| | 2022 | David Guiraud | LFI |

## Election results
### 2024

Legislative Election 2024: Nord's 8th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RN | Ethan Leys | 11,051 | 30.80 | +10.87 |
| | LFI (NFP) | David Guiraud | 17,405 | 48.50 | +8.67 |
| | RE (Ensemble) | Tarik Mekki | 5,766 | 16.07 | −8.09 |
| | LO | Françoise Delbarre | 652 | 1.82 | −0.33 |
| | DLF | Maël Camerlynck | 1,011 | 2.82 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,885 | 97.05 | +64.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 68,933 | | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LFI | David Guiraud | 22,080 | 64.32 | +15.82 |
| | RN | Ethan Leys | 12,250 | 35.68 | +4.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,330 | 92.23 | −4.82 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 68,959 | | |
| | LFI hold | LFI hold | Swing | | |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Nord's 8th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | David Guiraud | 8,684 | 39.83 | +11.86 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Catherine Osson | 5,267 | 24.16 | -4.70 |
| | RN | Rachida Sahraoui | 4,346 | 19.93 | −2.02 |
| | LR (UDC) | Amine Elbahi [fr] | 1,264 | 5.80 | −1.86 |
| | REC | Lisa Verlande | 692 | 3.17 | N/A |
| | PA | Christian Vermeersch | 551 | 2.53 | N/A |
| | LO | Françoise Delbarre | 469 | 2.15 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 532 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,805 | 32.61 | −0.82 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | David Guiraud | 12,585 | 59.94 | N/A |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Catherine Osson | 8,412 | 40.06 | −22.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,997 | 32.45 | +2.54 |
| | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM | LFI gain from LREM |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Catherine Osson | REM | 6,369 | 28.86 | 11,703 | 62.95 |
| | Astrid Leplat | FN | 4,845 | 21.95 | 6,889 | 37.05 |
| | Paul Zilmia | FI | 4,334 | 19.64 | | |
| | Karim Amrouni | DVG | 1,709 | 7.74 | | |
| | Léonard Delcourt | LR | 1,691 | 7.66 | | |
| | Mehdi Massrour | PS | 1,074 | 4.87 | | |
| | Christian Carlier | ECO | 763 | 3.46 | | |
| | Sandrine Vanhoorde | DLF | 467 | 2.12 | | |
| | Françoise Delbarre | EXG | 354 | 1.60 | | |
| | Madgid Khiter | DIV | 213 | 0.97 | | |
| | Nadia Bourahla | ECO | 134 | 0.61 | | |
| | Rachid Rizoug | DIV | 100 | 0.45 | | |
| | Amine Baba Aïssa | DIV | 15 | 0.07 | | |
| | Luis Da Costa | DIV | 0 | 0.00 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 22,068 | 100.00 | 18,592 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 22,068 | 97.31 | 18,592 | 91.65 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 449 | 1.98 | 1,225 | 6.04 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 160 | 0.71 | 468 | 2.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,677 | 33.43 | 20,285 | 29.91 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 45,148 | 66.57 | 47,537 | 70.09 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 67,825 | | 67,822 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 8th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DVG | Dominique Baert | 10,965 | 36.46 | N/A |
| | EELV | Slimane Tir | 6,436 | 21.40 | +18.79 |
| | FN | Françoise Coolzaet | 6,211 | 20.65 | +12.09 |
| | UMP | Salima Saa | 3,960 | 13.17 | −23.15 |
| | FG | Eric Mouveaux | 1,490 | 4.95 | +2.89 |
| | Others | N/A | 1,012 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,074 | 43.56 | −5.25 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | DVG | Dominique Baert | 18,110 | 69.58 | N/A |
| | EELV | Slimane Tir | 7,919 | 30.42 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,029 | 37.70 | −11.23 |
| | DVG gain from PS | DVG gain from PS | DVG gain from PS | DVG gain from PS | DVG gain from PS |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 8th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Dominique Baert | 12,944 | 37.77 | +3.32 |
| | UMP | Salem Kacet [fr] | 12,448 | 36.32 | N/A |
| | FN | Sylvie Langlois | 2,935 | 8.56 | −6.93 |
| | MoDem | Louisa Mokhtari | 2,044 | 5.96 | N/A |
| | LV | Zahia Rahni | 894 | 2.61 | −0.34 |
| | PCF | Fatma Menouer | 705 | 2.06 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,305 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,131 | 48.81 | −4.42 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Dominique Baert | 19,373 | 56.86 | +7.04 |
| | UMP | Salem Kacet [fr] | 14,697 | 43.14 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,216 | 48.93 | −1.22 |
| | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 8th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDF | Gérard Vignoble | 12,607 | 35.46 | +6.33 |
| | PS | Dominique Baert | 12,248 | 34.45 | +9.77 |
| | FN | Sylvie Langlois | 5,505 | 15.49 | −6.73 |
| | LV | Slimane Tir | 1,050 | 2.95 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 4,138 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,225 | 53.23 | −8.94 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UDF | Gérard Vignoble | 16,542 | 50.18 | +11.37 |
| | PS | Dominique Baert | 16,424 | 49.82 | +6.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,129 | 50.15 | −16.91 |
| | UDF gain from PS | UDF gain from PS | UDF gain from PS | UDF gain from PS | UDF gain from PS |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 8th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UDF | Gérard Vignoble | 11,619 | 29.13 | |
| | PS | Dominique Baert | 9,845 | 24.68 | |
| | FN | Carl Lang | 8,863 | 22.22 | |
| | PCF | Françoise Thilliez | 2,456 | 6.16 | |
| | LO | Marc Dubrul | 1,430 | 3.59 | |
| | DVD | Jean-Paul Chahine | 1,131 | 2.84 | |
| | GE | Fabienne Pertel | 1,000 | 2.51 | |
| | DVG | Boualem Haddouche | 889 | 2.23 | |
| | LCR | Patrick Mortal | 820 | 2.06 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,833 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,597 | 62.17 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Dominique Baert | 19,048 | 43.57 | |
| | UDF | Gérard Vignoble | 16,970 | 38.81 | |
| | FN | Carl Lang | 7,704 | 17.62 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,866 | 67.06 | |
| | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF | PS gain from UDF |

## Sources

* ↑ "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
* Official results of French elections from 1998: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).