The 13th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais was a French legislative constituency which existed until 2012. It was one of 14 French legislative constituencies in the Pas-de-Calais department (62) located in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
Geographic and demographic description The department of Pas-de-Calais had fourteen constituencies. The thirteenth constituency of Pas-de-Calais was made up of:
town of Billy-Montigny Commune of Fouquières-lès-Lens town of Lens Municipality of Loison-sous-Lens town of Noyelles-sous-Lens town of Sallaumines Source: Official Journal of October 14–15, 1958.
Since 1998 The thirteenth constituency of Pas-de-Calais was delimited as an electoral division by law n°86-1197 of the November 24, 1986.Laws relating to the delimitation of constituencies for the election of deputies, nicknamed Pasqua redistricting (after Minister of Interior Charles Pasqua in 1986): It includes the following administrative divisions : Cantons of Harnes, Lens Est, Lens Nord-Est, Lens Nord-Ouest.
According to the general census of the population in 1999, carried out by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), the population of this district was estimated at 105,072 inhabitants.
Election results 2007
Sources Official results of French elections from 1998:
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