# Nord's 12th constituency

The 12th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

## Description

Following the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies Nord's 12th Constituency was effectively created as a new seat covering the areas once occupied by the 22nd and 24th constituencies in the east of the department.
Christian Bataille of the Socialist Party won the seat comfortably in the second round beating the National Front candidate by 7,000 votes.

## Historic Representation

| Election | Member | Party |
| 2012 | Christian Bataille | PS |
| 2017 | Anne-Laure Cattelot | LREM |
| 2022 | Michaël Taverne | RN |

## Election results
### 2024

Legislative Election 2024: Nord's 12th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LO | Laurent Lehrhaupt | 894 | 1.55 | N/A |
| | PCF (NFP) | Bernard Baudoux | 11,992 | 20.80 | N/A |
| | DVD | Sébastien Seguin | 12,279 | 21.29 | +19.76 |
| | RN | Michaël Taverne | 31.567 | 54.74 | +20.83 |
| | REC | Isabelle Prevost | 932 | 1.62 | −2.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,664 | 97.02 | +52.55 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 93,070 | | |
| | RN hold | RN hold | Swing | | |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Nord's 12th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RN | Michaël Taverne | 13,727 | 33.91 | +9.88 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Anne Laure Cattelot | 11,055 | 27.31 | +3.80 |
| | LFI (NUPÉS) | Malik Yahiatene | 7,945 | 19.63 | −1.12 |
| | LR (UDC) | Claude Dupont | 3,268 | 8.07 | −3.55 |
| | REC | Simon Flahaut | 1,543 | 3.81 | N/A |
| | DIV | Grégory Pamart | 1,125 | 2.78 | N/A |
| | DVD | Ludovic Lussiez | 821 | 2.03 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 992 | 2.45 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,476 | 44.47 | −0.70 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RN | Michaël Taverne | 20,415 | 52.82 | +6.88 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Anne Laure Cattelot | 18,235 | 47.18 | −6.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,650 | 44.31 | +2.82 |
| | 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 | % |
| | Gérard Philippe | FN | 9,921 | 24.03 | 16,230 | 45.94 |
| | Anne-Laure Cattelot | REM | 9,710 | 23.51 | 19,095 | 54.06 |
| | Laurent Courtois | FI | 5,230 | 12.67 | | |
| | Marjorie Gosselet | LR | 4,799 | 11.62 | | |
| | Joël Wilmotte | DVD | 3,365 | 8.15 | | |
| | Christian Bataille | DVG | 3,325 | 8.05 | | |
| | Jean Durieux | PCF | 2,216 | 5.37 | | |
| | Élisabeth Saint-Guily | ECO | 1,119 | 2.71 | | |
| | Laurent Coulon | DVG | 783 | 1.90 | | |
| | Jean-Charles Cournut | EXG | 313 | 0.76 | | |
| | Nadine Fournard | EXD | 266 | 0.64 | | |
| | Jonathan Pottiez | DIV | 247 | 0.60 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 41,294 | 100.00 | 35,325 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 41,294 | 97.66 | 35,325 | 90.98 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 672 | 1.59 | 2,451 | 6.31 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 316 | 0.75 | 1,052 | 2.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,282 | 45.17 | 38,828 | 41.49 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 51,328 | 54.83 | 54,752 | 58.51 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 93,610 | | 93,580 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 12th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Christian Bataille | 17,270 | 33.33 | |
| | FN | Anne-Sophie Leveque | 9,298 | 17.95 | |
| | FG | Bernard Baudoux | 7,953 | 15.35 | |
| | DVD | Joel Wilmotte | 7,953 | 15.35 | |
| | NC | Etienne Cauchy | 6,898 | 13.31 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,336 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,808 | 55.30 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Christian Bataille | 27,129 | 57.47 | |
| | FN | Anne-Sophie Leveque | 20,080 | 42.53 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,209 | 50.39 | |
| | PS gain from DVG | PS gain from DVG | PS gain from DVG | PS gain from DVG | PS gain from DVG |
Note - the constituency covered a different area of the department before 2010

### 2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 12th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DVG | Christian Hutin | 13,884 | 37.08 | |
| | UMP | Jacqueline Gabant | 8,677 | 23.17 | |
| | DVG | Léon Panier | 3,681 | 9.83 | |
| | FN | Yannick Le Floc'h | 2,879 | 7.69 | |
| | PCF | Gilles Willeman | 1,355 | 3.62 | |
| | MoDem | Pilar Surgers | 1,279 | 3.42 | |
| | Far left | Sylvain Madacsi | 1,230 | 3.29 | |
| | CPNT | Patrick Lebrun | 1,008 | 2.69 | |
| | LV | Martine Beuraert | 850 | 2.27 | |
| | Far left | Laure Bourel | 833 | 2.22 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,766 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,982 | 55.41 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | DVG | Christian Hutin | 23,448 | 63.95 | |
| | UMP | Jacqueline Gabant | 13,219 | 36.05 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,556 | 54.81 | |
| | DVG gain from PS | DVG gain from PS | DVG gain from PS | DVG gain from PS | DVG gain from PS |

### 2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 12th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Jean Le Garrec | 12,162 | 30.45 | |
| | FN | Marion Auffray | 7,146 | 17.89 | |
| | PR | Christian Hutin | 6,841 | 17.13 | |
| | UMP | Hélène Surgers | 4,538 | 11.36 | |
| | MNR | Patrick Lorant | 1,776 | 4.45 | |
| | CPNT | Michel Szalkiewicz | 1,453 | 3.64 | |
| | LO | Laure Bourel | 1,071 | 2.68 | |
| | DVD | Marie-Paule Larcy-Debril | 1,071 | 2.68 | |
| | PCF | Danielle Veignie | 988 | 2.47 | |
| | LV | Nicole Grassien | 954 | 2.39 | |
| | Others | N/A | 1,940 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,085 | 58.92 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jean Le Garrec | 22,426 | 64.19 | |
| | FN | Marion Auffray | 12,511 | 35.81 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,984 | 54.48 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |

### 1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 12th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PS | Jean Le Garrec | 10,782 | 23.75 | |
| | FN | Patrick Lorant | 10,342 | 22.78 | |
| | DVD | Christian Hutin | 8,192 | 18.05 | |
| | DVG | Régis Fauchoit | 6,047 | 13.32 | |
| | PCF | Didier Liennart | 3,739 | 8.24 | |
| | LO | Dominique Wailly | 2,396 | 5.28 | |
| | DVD | Daniel Dusart | 967 | 2.13 | |
| | Others | N/A | 2,927 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,966 | 71.24 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Jean Le Garrec | 28,158 | 64.25 | |
| | FN | Patrick Lorant | 15,665 | 35.75 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,582 | 72.15 | |
| | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold | PS hold |