Bas-Rhin's 5th constituency

5th constituency of Bas-Rhin

French National Assembly
constituency

Bas-Rhin's 5th Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy
 Antoine Herth
UMP
Department Bas-Rhin
Canton Barr, Benfeld, Erstein, Marckolsheim, Obernai, Sélestat
Voters 98,427

The 5th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.

Description

The 5th Constituency of Bas-Rhin covers the southern portion of the Département including nearly the entire of the Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein excluding only Obernai.

The seat has been a strong hold of the right since its inception and has been held by the Gaullist UMP since 2002.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
1958 Albert Ehm UNR
1978 Georges Klein UDF
1980 Germain Gengenwin UDF
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Germain Gengenwin UDF
2002 Antoine Herth UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Bas-Rhin's 5th Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Antoine Herth 32,063 67.78
LV Daniel Ehret 15,244 32.22
Turnout 48,959 49.74
UMP hold Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Bas-Rhin's 5th Constituency 1st Round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Antoine Herth 31,277 58.01
UDF Danièle Meyer 6,812 12.63
PS Christine Hamman 5,566 10.32
FN Christian Cotelle 3,606 6.69
LV Jacques Gartner 1,885 3.50
Independent Ecological Movement Clément Renaudet 1,258 2.33
CNIP Monique Funck 742 1.38
LO Patrick Dutter 713 1.33
Revolutionary Communist League Marie-Claude Richez 680 1.26
Auguste Bildstein 452 0.84
National Republican Movement Edmond Guillet 374 0.69
PCF Jean-Louis Kubiak 339 0.63
PRG Gabrielle Domin 213 0.40
Turnout 55,353 55.86
UMP hold Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

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