The 9th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

in the

Pas-de-Calais Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...

''département''.

Description

Pas-de-Calais' 9th constituency is composed of the town of

Béthune Béthune ( ; archaic and ''Bethwyn'' historically in English) is a city in northern France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department. Geography Béthune is located in the former province of Artois. It is situated south-east of Calais, ...

in the north of the department. From 1988 the seat has been held by six parties, three from the centre left (the

Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the Left (french: Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Socia ...

, the

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and the

Citizen and Republican Movement The Citizen and Republican Movement (French language, French: ''Mouvement républicain et citoyen'') is a political party in France. The party replaced in 2002 the Citizens' Movement (''Mouvement des citoyens'', MDC) founded by Jean-Pierre Chev ...

), one from the centre (

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), one from the conservative right (the UMP), and one from the far-right ( RN). The seat has been won by five different parties in the five elections in the 21st century. Mayor of

Stéphane Saint-Andre narrowly won the seat at the 2012 elections becoming one of thirteen PRG representatives in the

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Historic Representation

Election results

2022

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2017

2012

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2007

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2002

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1997

Sources

* Official results of French elections from 1998: {{French National Assembly constituencies 9