# Nord's 15th constituency

The 15th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

## Description

Nord's 15th constituency includes the large towns of Bailleul and Hazebrouck in the north west of the department.
The constituency swang between left and right from 1988 to 2017 having previously been dominated by the French Communist Party throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Jean-Pierre Allossery of the PS gained the seat at the 2012 French legislative election from the conservative Union for a Popular Movement. It was part of the La République En Marche! landslide win in the 2017 French legislative election, but the deputy, Jennifer de Temmerman, left the party and in May 2020, she was one of the 17 initial members of the short-lived Ecology Democracy Solidarity group in the National Assembly, but left shortly after to become part of the Liberties and Territories group. The seat was gained by Pierrick Berteloot of the far-right RN in the 2022 election.

## Historic Representation

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | Georges Sarazin | UNR |
| | 1962 | Arthur Ramette | PCF |
| | 1967 | Arthur Ramette | PCF |
| | 1968 | Arthur Ramette | PCF |
| | 1973 | Georges Hage | PCF |
| | 1978 | Georges Hage | PCF |
| | 1981 | Georges Hage | PCF |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Maurice Sergheraert | SE |
| | 1993 | Marie-Fanny Gournay | RPR |
| | 1997 | Jean Delobel | PS |
| | 2002 | Françoise Hostalier | UMP |
| | 2007 | Françoise Hostalier | UMP |
| | 2012 | Jean-Pierre Allossery | PS |
| | 2017 | Jennifer de Temmerman | LREM |
| | 2020 | Jennifer de Temmerman | EDS |
| | 2020 | Jennifer de Temmerman | LT |
| | 2022 | Pierrick Berteloot | RN |

## Election results
### 2024

Legislative Election 2024: Nord's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RN | Pierrick Berteloot | 29,894 | 45.97 | +19.55 |
| | RE (Ensemble) | Jean-Pierre Bataille | 22,206 | 34.15 | +16.55 |
| | LÉ–EELV (NFP) | Emilie Ducourant | 11,853 | 18.23 | −1.80 |
| | LO | Benjamin Dubiez | 1,078 | 1.66 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,031 | 97.22 | +48.90 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 97,601 | | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RE | Jean-Pierre Bataille | 32,228 | 50.20 | +16.05 |
| | RN | Pierrick Berteloot | 31,970 | 49.80 | +3.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,198 | 95.82 | −1.40 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 97,625 | | |
| | RE gain from RN | RE gain from RN | RE gain from RN | RE gain from RN | RE gain from RN |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Nord's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RN | Pierrick Berteloot | 12,133 | 26.42 | +5.83 |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Emilie Ducourant | 9,200 | 20.03 | -1.53 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Claude Nicolet | 8,084 | 17.60 | −10.48 |
| | LR (UDC) | Stephane Dieusaert | 4,910 | 10.69 | −16.35 |
| | DVD | Jérôme Darques | 2,540 | 5.53 | N/A |
| | DVD | Caroline Landtsheere | 1,451 | 3.16 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 7,605 | 16.56 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,923 | 48.32 | −4.08 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RN | Pierrick Berteloot | 21,367 | 54.09 | +14.78 |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Emilie Ducourant | 18,134 | 45.91 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,501 | 47.02 | +0.23 |
| | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM |

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Jennifer de Temmerman | REM | 13,764 | 28.08 | 24,519 | 60.69 |
| | Pascal Prince | FN | 10,095 | 20.59 | 15,881 | 39.31 |
| | Jean-Pierre Bataille | LR | 7,951 | 16.22 | | |
| | Hervé Walraeve | FI | 6,018 | 12.28 | | |
| | Bruno Ficheux | UDI | 5,305 | 10.82 | | |
| | Michel Labitte | PS | 3,326 | 6.79 | | |
| | Guillaume Fache | ECO | 1,219 | 2.49 | | |
| | Luc Dubois | EXG | 615 | 1.25 | | |
| | Gautier Leclaire | ECO | 500 | 1.02 | | |
| | Clotilde Poilly | DIV | 226 | 0.46 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 49,019 | 100.00 | 40,400 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 49,019 | 97.58 | 40,400 | 90.06 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 856 | 1.70 | 3,033 | 6.76 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 360 | 0.72 | 1,426 | 3.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,235 | 52.40 | 44,859 | 46.79 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 45,633 | 47.60 | 51,013 | 53.21 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 95,868 | | 95,872 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Jean-Pierre Allossery | 21,526 | 37.77 | |
| | DVD | Jean-Pierre Bataille | 10,734 | 18.84 | |
| | UMP | Françoise Hostalier | 10,543 | 18.50 | |
| | FN | Pascal Prince | 9,290 | 16.30 | |
| | FG | Béatrice Veit-Torrez | 2,067 | 3.63 | |
| | EELV | Thierry Willaey | 1,597 | 2.80 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,231 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,988 | 59.85 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jean-Pierre Allossery | 28,361 | 52.13 | |
| | DVD | Jean-Pierre Bataille | 26,043 | 47.87 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,404 | 57.13 | |
| | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP |

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UMP | Françoise Hostalier | 15,589 | 36.19 | |
| | PS | Françoise Polnecq | 10,007 | 23.23 | |
| | DVD | Marc Normand | 4,643 | 10.78 | |
| | MoDem | Dominique Hallynck | 4,405 | 10.23 | |
| | FN | Marie Duchet | 2,368 | 5.50 | |
| | Far left | Sandrine Cypryszczak | 1,148 | 2.67 | |
| | LV | Ginette Verbrugghe | 989 | 2.30 | |
| | PCF | Béatrice Veit-Torrez | 906 | 2.10 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,019 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,637 | 60.21 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | UMP | Françoise Hostalier | 21,705 | 51.87 | |
| | PS | Françoise Polnecq | 20,136 | 48.13 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,896 | 59.21 | |
| | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS | UMP gain from PS |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Jean Delobel | 14,169 | 31.46 | |
| | UMP | Beatrice Descamps | 8,108 | 18.00 | |
| | FN | Marie Perrel | 5,278 | 11.72 | |
| | DL | Françoise Hostalier | 4,165 | 9.25 | |
| | UDF | Christian Defebvre | 3,755 | 8.34 | |
| | DVD | Jean-Pierre Laczny | 3,541 | 7.86 | |
| | LV | Alain Dubois | 1,067 | 2.37 | |
| | CPNT | Anne Abadie | 1,017 | 2.26 | |
| | Others | N/A | 3,933 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,525 | 65.34 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jean Delobel | 21,486 | 50.27 | |
| | UMP | Beatrice Descamps | 21,259 | 49.73 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,896 | 63.02 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 15th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Jean Delobel | 13,438 | 28.90 | |
| | DVD | Paul Blondel | 13,269 | 28.53 | |
| | FN | Hubert Maes | 6,467 | 13.91 | |
| | PCF | Alain Pocholle | 4,461 | 9.59 | |
| | DVG | Christian Defebvre | 3,040 | 6.54 | |
| | DVD | Martin Masson | 2,383 | 5.12 | |
| | GE | Dominique Chambaut | 1,420 | 3.05 | |
| | DVE | Modeste Vanhoutte | 1,020 | 2.19 | |
| | DVE | Alain Dubois | 1,008 | 2.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,767 | 74.54 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jean Delobel | 25,952 | 54.13 | |
| | DVD | Paul Blondel | 21,989 | 45.87 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,402 | 77.30 | |
| | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR | PS gain from RPR |

## Sources and References

* ↑ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (16 October 2020), Jennifer de Temmerman : «Je quitte le groupe EDS» à l'Assemblée Le Figaro.
* ↑ "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).