The 15th constituency of the Nord is a French legislative

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in the

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''département''.

Description

Nord's 15th constituency includes the large towns of Bailleul and

Hazebrouck Hazebrouck (, , , ) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France. It was a small market town in Flanders until it became an important railway junction in the 1860s. West Flemish was the usual language until 1880, when French was taught ...

in the north west of the department. The constituency swang between left and right from 1988 to 2017 having previously been dominated by the

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throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Jean-Pierre Allossery of the PS gained the seat at the

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from the conservative

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. It was part of the

La République En Marche! Renaissance (RE) is a political party in France that is typically described as liberal and centrist or centre-right. The party was originally known as (EM) and later (, LREM, LaREM or REM), before adopting its current name in September 2022 ...

landslide win in the

2017 French legislative election Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 Member of Parliament (France), members of the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Rep ...

, but the deputy,

Jennifer de Temmerman Jennifer de Temmerman (born 16 February 1977) is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, where she represented the 15th constituency of the Nord. Early life and education Born 16 February 19 ...

, left the party and in May 2020, she was one of the 17 initial members of the short-lived

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group in the National Assembly, but left shortly after to become part of the

Liberties and Territories Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories (, LIOT), formerly Liberties & Territories (, LT), is a Big tent, catch-all parliamentary group in the National Assembly (France), French National Assembly. It was formed on 17 October 2018, with ...

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Jennifer de Temmerman : «Je quitte le groupe EDS» à l'Assemblée
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''. The seat was gained by Pierrick Berteloot of the far-right RN in the 2022 election.

Historic Representation

Election results

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2022

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2017

2012

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2007

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2002

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1997

Sources and References

* Official results of French elections from 1998: {{French National Assembly constituencies 15