# Pas-de-Calais's 12th constituency

The 12th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais département.

## Description

Pas-de-Calais' 12th constituency lies in the centre of the department around the mining city of Liévin.
Until 2017, the seat was strongly left leaning resulting in unbroken Socialist Party control from 1988.

## Historic Representation

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Jean-Pierre Kucheida | PS |
| | 1993 | Jean-Pierre Kucheida | PS |
| | 1997 | Jean-Pierre Kucheida | PS |
| | 2002 | Jean-Pierre Kucheida | PS |
| | 2007 | Jean-Pierre Kucheida | PS |
| | 2012 | Nicolas Bays | PS |
| | 2017 | Bruno Bilde | FN |
| | 2022 | Bruno Bilde | RN |
| | 2024 | Bruno Bilde | RN |

## Election results
### 2024

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Alliance | Votes | % | +/– | Votes | % | +/– |
| | Bruno Bilde | RN | | 33,944 | 59.24 | +17.42 | | | |
| | Alain Bavay | PS | NFP | 12,059 | 21.04 | -8.43 | | | |
| | Steve Bossart | DVC | | 10,178 | 17.76 | new | | | |
| | Régis Scheenaerts | LO | | 1,121 | 1.96 | +0.32 | | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | 57,302 | 100.00 | | | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 57,302 | 96.40 | -0.45 | | | |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 1,476 | 2.48 | +0.36 | | | |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 661 | 1.11 | +0.08 | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,439 | 61.41 | +18.91 | | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 37,350 | 38.59 | -18.91 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 96,789 | | | | | |
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| Result | Result | Result | Result | RN HOLD | RN HOLD | RN HOLD | RN HOLD | RN HOLD | RN HOLD |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Pas-de-Calais's 12th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RN | Bruno Bilde | 16,609 | 35.61 | +6.29 |
| | PS (NUPÉS) | Jérôme Darras | 11,703 | 29.47 | -2.79 |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Patrick Debruyne | 5,927 | 14.92 | −5.92 |
| | DVG | Alain De Carrion | 1,774 | 4.47 | N/A |
| | REC | Emmanuelle Danjou | 1,076 | 2.71 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 2,626 | 6.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,715 | 42.50 | −3.67 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RN | Bruno Bilde | 20,855 | 56.30 | +1.22 |
| | PS (NUPÉS) | Jérôme Darras | 16,190 | 43.70 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,045 | 41.76 | −0.02 |
| | RN hold | RN hold | RN hold | RN hold | RN hold |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Bruno Bilde | FN | 15,115 | 35.53 | 20,057 | 55.08 |
| | Coralie Rembert | REM | 8,863 | 20.84 | 16,360 | 44.92 |
| | Laurent Duporge | PS | 6,829 | 16.05 | | |
| | Grégory Frackowiak | FI | 5,120 | 12.04 | | |
| | Caroline Meloni | LR | 1,781 | 4.19 | | |
| | Christian Champire | PCF | 1,774 | 4.17 | | |
| | Daniel Ludwikowski | ECO | 992 | 2.33 | | |
| | Régis Scheenaerts | EXG | 616 | 1.45 | | |
| | Jean-Michel Andreau | DLF | 525 | 1.23 | | |
| | Frédéric Lamand | DVD | 443 | 1.04 | | |
| | Christiane Bouriez | ECO | 215 | 0.51 | | |
| | Henri Condette | DIV | 197 | 0.46 | | |
| | Alexandre Ruiz | DVG | 68 | 0.16 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 42,538 | 100.00 | 36,417 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 42,538 | 96.88 | 36,417 | 91.63 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 806 | 1.84 | 2,146 | 5.40 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 565 | 1.29 | 1,179 | 2.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,909 | 46.17 | 39,742 | 41.78 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 51,200 | 53.83 | 55,382 | 58.22 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 95,109 | | 95,124 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

2012 legislative election in Pas-De-Calais's 12th constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Charlotte Soula | FN | 12,839 | 25.69% | 19,905 | 43.16% |
| | Nicolas Bays | PS–PRG | 12,296 | 24.61% | 26,216 | 56.84% |
| | Jean-Pierre Kucheida | PS dissident | 10,811 | 21.64% | | |
| | Frédéric Lamand | UMP | 6,099 | 12.21% | | |
| | Christian Champire | FG | 4,595 | 9.20% | | |
| | Hervé Rubin | EELV–MEI | 756 | 1.51% | | |
| | Régis Scheenaerts | LO | 713 | 1.43% | | |
| | Michel Richet | LT | 580 | 1.16% | | |
| | Anne Delpech | MoDem | 572 | 1.14% | | |
| | Jacques Kleinpeter | NPA | 263 | 0.53% | | |
| | Laëtitia Matiatos | NC | 199 | 0.40% | | |
| | Habiba Chouaf | AEI | 146 | 0.29% | | |
| | Charlotte Albrun | COC62 (POC) | 99 | 0.20% | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 49,968 | 97.36% | 46,121 | 93.32% |
| Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | 1,353 | 2.64% | 3,303 | 6.68% |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 51,321 | 54.25% | 49,423 | 52.25% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 43,276 | 45.75% | 45,175 | 47.75% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 94,597 | 100.00% | 94,598 | 100.00% |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Pas-de-Calais's 12th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Jean-Pierre Kucheida | 19,706 | 45.61 | |
| | UMP | Jeanine Duquesne | 8,396 | 19.43 | |
| | PCF | Cathy Poly Apourceau | 4,101 | 9.49 | |
| | FN | Louis Lecoeuvre | 3,351 | 7.76 | |
| | MoDem | Anne Revel-Delpech | 2,118 | 4.90 | |
| | Far left | Frédéric Fraccola | 1,372 | 3.18 | |
| | Far left | Nathalie Hubert | 981 | 2.27 | |
| | LV | Ludovic Moronval | 974 | 2.25 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,207 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,506 | 56.35 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jean-Pierre Kucheida | 27,866 | 69.69 | |
| | UMP | Jeanine Duquesne | 12,118 | 30.31 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,108 | 53.32 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Pas-de-Calais's 12th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Jean-Pierre Kucheida | 19,294 | 43.71 | |
| | FN | Louis Lecoeuvre | 7,085 | 16.05 | |
| | UMP | Jeanine Duquesne | 5,556 | 12.59 | |
| | PCF | Cathy Apourceau | 4,554 | 10.32 | |
| | PR | Bernard Urbaniak | 1,878 | 4.25 | |
| | LO | Nathalie Hubert | 1,289 | 2.93 | |
| | LV | Daniel Ludwikowski | 1,207 | 2.73 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,282 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,730 | 58.88 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jean-Pierre Kucheida | 28,147 | 74.08 | |
| | FN | Louis Lecoeuvre | 9,847 | 25.92 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,573 | 53.53 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Pas-de-Calais's 12th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Jean-Pierre Kucheida | 18,185 | 35.26 | |
| | PCF | Jacques Robitail* | 14,341 | 27.81 | |
| | FN | Patrick Ratcliffe | 7,727 | 14.98 | |
| | RPR | Bernard Pukiel | 4,512 | 8.75 | |
| | LO | Nathalie Hubert | 2,316 | 4.49 | |
| | LV | Jérôme Przystupa | 2,055 | 3.98 | |
| | MEI | Henri Bailleul | 1,486 | 2.88 | |
| | Others | N/A | 954 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,408 | 71.88 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jean-Pierre Kucheida | 29,735 | 100.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,363 | 55.97 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |
* Withdrew before the 2nd round

## Sources

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