The 3rd constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative
constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in the
Pas-de-Calais
The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) 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 of France, with 890, and is the ...
''département''.
Description
Pas-de-Calais' 3rd constituency is based around the city of
Lens
A lens is a transmissive optical device that focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (''elements'') ...
in the heart of the department famed for its football team and its mines.
Until 2017, the seat was held by
Guy Delcourt who previously represented
Pas-de-Calais' 13th constituency until its extinction as a result of the
2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies. In 2017 the seat was won by
José Évrard
José Évrard (; 17 July 1945 – 7 January 2022) was a French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly for the Pas-de-Calais's 3rd constituency, 3rd constituency of Pas-de-Calais since 2017 French le ...
of the
National Front, however in November of that year he joined the breakaway
The Patriots party led by
Florian Philippot
Florian Philippot (; born 24 October 1981) is a French politician. He served as Vice President of the National Front from 2012 to 2017 before quitting the party to found The Patriots in September 2017, which has failed to win any representati ...
. Évrard died in January 2022 and was replaced by his substitute
Emmanuel Blairy from the
National Rally
The National Rally (, , RN), known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018 (, , FN), is a French far-right politics, far-right political party, described as right-wing populist and French nationalism, nationalist. It is the single largest Nat ...
.
Historic representation
Election results
2024
2022
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2017
2012
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2007
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2002
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1997
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Sources
* Official results of French elections from 1998:
{{French National Assembly constituencies
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