Moselle's 4th constituency
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 Moselle's 4th Constituency shown within Lorraine. | |||
| Deputy |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Moselle | ||
| Canton | Albestroff, Château-Salins, Delme, Dieuze, Fénétrange, Grostenquin, Lorquin, Phalsbourg, Réchicourt-le-Château, Sarrebourg, Vic-sur-Seille | ||
| Voters | 81,175 | ||
The 4th constituency of Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Moselle département.
Description
Moselle's 4th constituency covers the areas in the south east of the department, it is the largest in terms of area in Moselle. It is bordered to the south by Meurthe-et-Moselle and to the east by Haut-Rhin.
The constituency has normally been held by conservative parties throughout the Fifth Republic with the exception of the fourteen years between 1988 and 2002 when it has held by Aloyse Warhouver.
The constituency is also notable for being the home seat of former Prime Minister Pierre Messmer.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Georges Thomas | MRP | |
| 1962 | Henri Karcher | UNR | |
| 1967 | Georges Thomas | MRP | |
| 1968 | Pierre Messmer | UNR | |
| 1978 | RPR | ||
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Aloyse Warhouver | DVG | |
| 2002 | Alain Marty | UMP | |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Alain Marty | 19,273 | 41.39 | ||
| PS | Jean-Yves Schaff | 15,940 | 34.23 | ||
| FN | Cassandre Fristot | 11,356 | 24.39 | ||
| Turnout | 47,300 | 58.27 | |||
| UMP hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
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