Pas-de-Calais' 9th constituency is composed of the town of
Béthune 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
Socialist Party and the
Citizen and Republican Movement), one from the centre (
MoDem), 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
Béthune Stéphane Saint-Andre narrowly won the seat at the
2012 elections becoming one of thirteen
PRG representatives in the
National Assembly. ==Historic Representation==