Nord's 13th constituency

The 13th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative constituency in the Nord département.

13th constituency of the Nord
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Nord's 13th Constituency shown within Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Deputy	Julien Gokel Socialist
Department	Nord
Cantons	Coudekerque-Branche, Dunkerque-Ouest, Grande-Synthe
Registered voters	90,529
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Description

Nord's 13th Constituency includes the west of the port city of Dunkerque on the English Channel coast as well as its large southern suburb of Coudekerque-Branche.

The elected conservative members during its first 30 years before switching to the Socialist Party in 1988. Since then the seat has been won by left wing candidates at every election except 1993 and a by-election in 1998.

In fiction it is the seat of the protagonist in the popular French TV series Baron Noir.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Auguste Damette	UNR
	1962
	1967		UDVe
	1968		UDR
	1973
	1978	Maurice Sergheraert	SE
	1981
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	André Delattre	PS
	1993	Emmanuel Dewees	RPR
	1997	Michel Delebarre	PS
	1998	Franck Dhersin	DL
	2002	Michel Delebarre	PS
	2007
	2012	Christian Hutin	MRC
	2017		DVG
	2022	Christine Decodts	DVC
	2024	Julien Gokel	PS

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Nord's 13th constituency^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RN	Maxence Accart	21,662	43,52%
	PS	Julien Gokel*	16,026	32,20%
	LFI (NFP)	Damien Lacroix	10,913	21,92%
	LO	Clément Bézine	1,175	2,36%
Turnout			49,776	57,85
Registered electors			86,045
2nd round result
	PS	Julien Gokel	26,769	53.76	+21.46
	RN	Maxence Accart	23,021	46.24	+2.72
Turnout			49,790	96.39	−0.56
Registered electors			51,656
	PS hold		Swing

* PS dissident without the support of the New Popular Front alliance

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Nord's 13th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DVC (Ensemble)	Christine Decodts	11,317	32.56	+11.02
	RN	Yohann Duval	10,506	30.23	+4.51
	LFI (NUPÉS)	Damien Lacroix	8,394	24.15	+4.09
	LR (UDC)	Véronique De Miribel	1,390	4.00	−0.12
	REC	Eugénie Madelaine	1,056	3.04	N/A
	PA	Alexis Peltier	950	2.73	N/A
	LO	Clément Bézine	698	2.01	N/A
	DIV	Maeva Menneboo	443	1.27	N/A
Turnout			34,754	41.16	−3.16
2nd round result
	DVC (Ensemble)	Christine Decodts	16,497	52.29	N/A
	RN	Yohann Duval	15,055	47.71	+11.03
Turnout			31,552	39.05	−1.85
	DVC gain from DVG

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Philippe Eymery	FN	9,893	25.72	12,478	36.68
	Christian Hutin	DVG	9,507	24.72	21,538	63.32
	Sarah Robin	REM	8,283	21.54
	Elio Berte-Langereau	FI	5,434	14.13
	Virginie Henocq	ECO	1,600	4.16
	Mickaëlle Lefèvre	UDI	1,584	4.12
	Delphine Castelli	PCF	680	1.77
	Anthony Simati	DIV	633	1.65
	Jacques Volant	EXG	500	1.30
	Catherine Mogis	DIV	254	0.66
	Christophe Legros	DIV	92	0.24
Votes			38,460	100.00	34,016	100.00
Valid votes			38,460	97.20	34,016	93.15
Blank votes			837	2.12	1,797	4.92
Null votes			272	0.69	704	1.93
Turnout			39,569	44.32	36,517	40.90
Abstentions			49,715	55.68	52,767	59.10
Registered voters			89,284		89,284
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Nord's 13th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MRC	Christian Hutin	22,564	47.87
	FN	Philippe Eymery	10,982	23.30
	UMP	François Rosseel	7,034	14.92
	FG	David Thiebaut	2,243	4.76
	EELV	Marcel Lefevre	1,295	2.75
	Others	N/A	3,020
Turnout			47,138	52.07
2nd round result
	MRC	Christian Hutin	28,874	64.73
	FN	Philippe Eymery	15,730	35.27
Turnout			44,604	49.27
	MRC gain from PS

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Nord's 13th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Michel Delebarre	16,435	40.50
	UMP	Franck Dhersin	16,193	39.90
	MoDem	Sandrine Lejeune-Le Pallac	1,754	4.32
	FN	Ursula Maltese	1,432	3.53
	Far left	José Deswarte	919	2.26
	LV	Paulo-Serge Lopes	913	2.25
	Others	N/A	2,933
Turnout			41,323	63.53
2nd round result
	PS	Michel Delebarre	22,338	53.12
	UMP	Franck Dhersin	18,712	46.88
Turnout			43,428	66.77
	PS hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Nord's 13th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Michel Delebarre	15,522	38.02
	UMP	Franck Dhersin	14,393	35.25
	FN	Francoise Coolzaet	3,983	9.76
	MNR	Philippe Eymery	2,336	5.72
	LV	Philippe Rousselle	884	2.17
	Others	N/A	3,710
Turnout			41,641	64.09
2nd round result
	PS	Michel Delebarre	19,797	51.61
	UMP	Franck Dhersin	18,562	48.39
Turnout			40,867	62.90
	PS hold

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Nord's 13th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Michel Delebarre	15,728	37.59
	RPR	Emmanuel Dewees	10,655	25.47
	FN	Philippe Eymery	7,330	17.52
	PCF	Gérard Miroux	2,039	4.87
	LV	Marcel Lefèvre	1,354	3.24
	DVD	Véronique de Miribel	1,210	2.89
	LO	Jacques Volant	1,182	2.83
	Others	N/A	2,342
Turnout			43,776	67.92
2nd round result
	PS	Michel Delebarre	24,262	56.90
	RPR	Emmanuel Dewees	18,378	43.10
Turnout			45,505	70.60
	PS gain from RPR