Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency
# Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency

The 11th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais département. It elects one député to the National Assembly. It has been represented by Marine Le Pen since 2017.

## Description

For the 2012 French legislative election, the constituency attracted nationwide and international attention, as for the first time two candidates from the 2012 French presidential election stood as candidates there: Marine Le Pen of the National Front and Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the Left Front. Since 2007, Le Pen had been an opposition member of the Socialist Party-held town council in Hénin-Beaumont, the largest town in the constituency, while Mélenchon had argued that the Pas-de-Calais is "the birthplace of the workers' movement in France and should not be abandoned to the far-right". Opinion polls a month before the election suggested Le Pen would finish first in the first round, during which the political left was divided between several parties, but she would be beaten by Kemel or Mélenchon in the second round, with the Left Front potentially taking the constituency from the locally embattled Socialists. The Le Pen–Mélenchon duel attracted international media attention, including for what it revealed of attitudes and expectations in an area of northern France hit hard by deindustrialisation and unemployment. The Guardian wrote that, in that regard, "Mélenchon blames what he sees as pernicious free-market capitalism and bankers; Le Pen points the finger at immigrants and Europe".

## Previous office-holders

The seat had traditionally been held by the French Left until 2017. In 1988, Socialist candidate Noël Josèphe had been the only candidate in the second round, which he won unopposed. In 1993, the seat went to the French Communist Party member Rémy Auchedé; Marcel Cabiddu, who was unopposed in the second round, took it back for the Socialists in 1997; he was re-elected in 2002. Upon his death in 2004, the seat went to his suppléante Odette Duriez, who then won the 2007 election.

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Noël Josèphe | PS |
| | 1993 | Rémy Auchedé | PCF |
| | 1997 | Marcel Cabiddu | PS |
| | 2002 | Marcel Cabiddu | PS |
| | 2004 | Odette Duriez | PS |
| | 2007 | Odette Duriez | PS |
| | 2012 | Philippe Kemel | PS |
| | 2017 | Marine Le Pen | FN |
| | 2022 | Marine Le Pen | RN |

## Election results

### 2022

2022 French legislative election: Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | RN | Marine Le Pen | 21,219 | 53.96 | +7.94 |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Marine Tondelier | 9,214 | 23.43 | –5.92 |
| | LREM (Ensemble) | Alexandrine Pintus | 4,846 | 12.32 | –4.11 |
| | Others | N/A | 4,045 | 10.29 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,324 | 42.60 | –4.07 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | RN | Marine Le Pen | 22,301 | 61.03 | +2.43 |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Marine Tondelier | 14,238 | 38.97 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,539 | 41.63 | –2.04 |
| | RN hold | RN hold | RN hold | RN hold | RN hold |

### 2017

Philippe Kemel of the Socialist Party, the incumbent deputy, was defeated in the first round. This left only Marine Le Pen, who finished second by less than half a percentage point in the 2012 election, and Anne Roquet of President Emmanuel Macron's recently created En Marche! party. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who came in third in the first round of the 2012 election, did not run, instead opting to run for a seat in Bouches-du-Rhône's 4th constituency. He was replaced by Jean-Pierre Carpentier of La France insoumise, a party founded by Mélenchon, and finished in fourth place.

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Marine Le Pen | FN | 19,997 | 46.02 | 22,769 | 58.60 |
| | Anne Roquet | REM | 7,141 | 16.43 | 16,084 | 41.40 |
| | Philippe Kemel | PS | 4,705 | 10.83 | | |
| | Jean-Pierre Carpentier | FI | 4,334 | 9.97 | | |
| | Hervé Poly | PCF | 2,172 | 5.00 | | |
| | Alexandrine Pintus | LR | 1,818 | 4.18 | | |
| | Marine Tondelier | ECO | 1,542 | 3.55 | | |
| | Flore Lataste | EXG | 475 | 1.09 | | |
| | Rachid Ferahtia | ECO | 456 | 1.05 | | |
| | Betty Leclercq | DLF | 346 | 0.80 | | |
| | Aude Lesage | DIV | 215 | 0.49 | | |
| | Vincent Caflers | EXD | 166 | 0.38 | | |
| | Jacques Nikonoff | DVG | 85 | 0.20 | | |
| Votes | Votes | Votes | 43,452 | 100.00 | 38,853 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 43,452 | 98.09 | 38,853 | 93.72 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 510 | 1.15 | 1,594 | 3.85 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 337 | 0.76 | 1,009 | 2.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,299 | 46.67 | 41,456 | 43.67 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 50,618 | 53.33 | 53,468 | 56.33 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 94,917 | | 94,924 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

The Union for a Popular Movement did not present a candidate of its own, and instead endorsed as candidate a member of the Democratic Movement, Jean Urbaniak. Urbaniak officially stood as an independent candidate of the centre-right.

A debate was organised between the five main candidates (Kemel, Le Pen, Mélenchon, Tondelier, and Urbaniak) on the regional edition of the France 3 television channel.

2012 French legislative election in Pas-de-Calais' 11th constituency :

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Marine Le Pen | FN | 22,460 | 42.26% | 26,696 | 49.89% |
| | Philippe Kemel | PS | 12,609 | 23.72% | 26,814 | 50.11% |
| | Jean-Luc Mélenchon | FG | 11,406 | 21.46% | | |
| | Jean Urbaniak | MoDem | 4,179 | 7.86% | | |
| | Marine Tondelier | EELV | 849 | 1.60% | | |
| | Michel Vast | DLR | 488 | 0.92% | | |
| | Murielle Richet | LT | 331 | 0.62% | | |
| | Nathalie Hubert | LO | 330 | 0.62% | | |
| | Séverine Duval | NPA | 177 | 0.33% | | |
| | Michèle Dessenne | M'PEP–PRCF | 94 | 0.18% | | |
| | Mohamed Bousnane | AEI | 85 | 0.16% | | |
| | Rachida Sahraoui | PR | 80 | 0.15% | | |
| | Pierre Rose | COC62 (POC) | 61 | 0.11% | | |
| | Daniel Cucchiaro | Ecologist | 0 | 0.00% | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 53,149 | 98.20% | 53,510 | 96.10% |
| Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | Spoilt and null votes | 975 | 1.80% | 2,173 | 3.90% |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 54,124 | 57.50% | 55,683 | 59.15% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 40,011 | 42.50% | 38,452 | 40.85% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 94,135 | 100.00% | 94,135 | 100.00% |

### 2007

2007 French legislative election: Pas-de-Calais 11th – 2nd round :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PS | Odette Duriez | 32,595 | 61.66 | −7.37 |
| | UMP | Myriam Wonterghem | 20,265 | 38.34 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,319 | 57.24 | −3.96 |
| | PS hold | PS hold | Swing | −7.37 | |

2007 French legislative election: Pas-de-Calais 11th – 1st round :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PS | Odette Duriez | 18,476 | 33.62 30.16 | +3.46 |
| | UMP | Myriam Wonterghem | 14,368 | 26.14 | +12.68 |
| | FN | Éric Iorio | 5,201 | 9.46 | −12.01 |
| | PCF | Jean Clarisse | 4,805 | 8.74 | N/A |
| | UDF | Jean-Philippe Boonaert | 3,385 | 6.16 | −2.85 |
| | LCR | Séverine Duval | 1,972 | 3.59 | +2.05 |
| | LV | Jacques Switalski | 1,518 | 2.76 | +0.14 |
| | MPF | Martine Lefebure Thevenet | 1,295 | 2.36 | +1.24 |
| | LMR | Rosemonde Lefrancq | 1,022 | 1.86 | +0.09 |
| | LO | Régis Scheenaerts | 1,010 | 1.84 | −0.42 |
| | ECO | Murielle Richet | 1,004 | 1.83 | |
| | DVD | Philippe Morin | 906 | 1.65 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,629 | 58.59 | −2.61 |

### 2002

Two candidates stood under the Communist label, including former MP Rémy Auchedé (by now a dissident), but neither was endorsed by the French Communist Party.

2002 French legislative election: Pas-de-Calais 11th – 2nd round :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | PS | Marcel Cabiddu | 32,078 | 69.03 |
| | FN | Éric Iorio | 14,390 | 30.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,673 | 56.25 |
| | PS hold | PS hold | Swing | |

2002 French legislative election: Pas-de-Calais 11th – 1st round :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | PS | Marcel Cabiddu | 16,404 | 30.16 |
| | FN | Éric Iorio | 10,047 | 18.47 |
| | UMP | Myriam Wonterghem Billiaux | 7,322 | 13.46 |
| | Communist | Rémy Auchedé | 6,303 | 11.59 |
| | UDF | Annie Delannoy Jumez | 4,899 | 9.01 |
| | Communist | Muriel Dutrieu | 1,750 | 3.22 |
| | LV | Jacques Switalski | 1,423 | 2.62 |
| | LO | Régis Scheenaerts | 1,229 | 2.26 |
| | LMR | Chantal Créton | 960 | 1.77 |
| | Other | Cathy Burgeat | 902 | 1.66 |
| | LCR | Séverine Duval | 835 | 1.54 |
| | MNR | Marcel Part | 644 | 1.18 |
| | MPF | Bernadette Dury | 611 | 1.12 |
| | DVD | David Masson | 573 | 1.05 |
| | ECO | Catherine Lebrun | 304 | 0.56 |
| | ECO | Éliane Stegner | 182 | 0.33 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,223 | 61.20 |

### 1997

1997 French legislative election: Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PS | Marcel Cabiddu | 17,304 | 28.17 | |
| | PCF | Rémy Auchedé* | 17,028 | 27.72 | |
| | FN | Eric Iorio | 10,112 | 16.46 | |
| | UDF | Dominique Josien | 9,585 | 15.60 | |
| | LV | Joseph Pasquier | 3,499 | 5.70 | |
| | LO | Frédéric Scheers | 2,317 | 3.77 | |
| | DVD | René Beaugrand | 1,591 | 2.59 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,755 | 74.17 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Marcel Cabiddu | 34,412 | 100.00 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,746 | 58.12 | |
| | PS gain from PCF | PS gain from PCF | PS gain from PCF | PS gain from PCF | PS gain from PCF |

* Withdrew before the second round
