Bas-Rhin's 5th constituency

5th constituency of Bas-Rhin
5th constituency of Bas-Rhin
inlineConstituency of the ; National Assembly of France
	Bas-Rhin's 5th Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy	Antoine Herth; LR
Department	Bas-Rhin
Cantons	Barr, Benfeld, Erstein, Marckolsheim, Obernai, Sélestat
Registered voters	98,427
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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

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Union for the New Republic/meta/color" \|	1958	Albert Ehm	UNR
style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" \|	1978	Georges Klein	UDF
style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" \|	1980	Germain Gengenwin	UDF
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" \|	1988	Germain Gengenwin	UDF
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	2002	Antoine Herth	UMP
style="background-color: Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color" \|	2015	Antoine Herth	LR

Election results

2002

e • d Results of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 5th Constituency^[1]
Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	Antoine Herth	Union for a Presidential Majority	UMP	14,242	26.82	22,592	56.93
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" \|	Alfred Becker	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	12,895	24.28	17,086	43.07
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Christian Cotelle	National Front	FN	7,335	13.81
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	Christiane Hamman	Socialist Party	PS	7,215	13.59
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" \|	Gerard Simler	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	4,726	8.90
style="background-color:Template:The Greens (France)/meta/color" \|	Michele Gartner	The Greens	LV	1,556	2.93
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Christian Dantz	Ecologist	ECO	846	1.59
style="background-color:Template:National Republican Movement/meta/color" \|	Christian Hager	National Republican Movement	MNR	799	1.50
style="background-color:Template:Lutte Ouvrière/meta/color" \|	Patrick Dutter	Workers’ Struggle	LO	788	1.48
style="background-color:Template:Citizen and Republican Movement/meta/color" \|	Laure Kretz	Republican Pole	PR	544	1.02
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" \|	Christian Jaeg	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	420	0.79
style="background-color:Template:Movement for France/meta/color" \|	Michel Schulz	Movement for France	MPF	408	0.77
style="background-color:Template:Regionalist/meta/color" \|	Francois Waag	Regionalist	REG	355	0.67
style="background-color:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" \|	Andre Hemmerle	Communist Party	PCF	343	0.65
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Remi Freixinos	Independent	DIV	259	0.49
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Cyrille Hurstel	Independent	DIV	209	0.39
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Christian Pierrat	Ecologist	ECO	164	0.31

Total				53,104	100%	39,668	100%

Registered voters				92,990		92,984
Blank/Void ballots				1,591	2.91%	4,315	9.81%
Turnout				54,695	58.82%	43,983	47.30%
Abstentions				38,295	41.18%	49,001	52.70%

Result						colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \| UMP GAIN FROM UDF

2007

Antoine Herth was elected with more than 50% of the vote in the first round of voting, and therefore no second round took place.

e • d Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 5th Constituency^[2]
Candidate		Party		1st round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	Antoine Herth	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	31,277	58.01
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Movement (France)/meta/color" \|	Danièle Meyer	UDF-Democratic Movement	UDF-MoDem	6,812	12.63
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	Christiane Hamman	Socialist Party	PS	5,566	10.32
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Christian Cotelle	National Front	FN	3,606	6.69
style="background-color:Template:The Greens (France)/meta/color" \|	Michèle Gartner	The Greens	LV	1,885	3.50
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Clément Renaudet	Ecologist	ECO	1,258	2.33
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" \|	Monique Funck	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	742	1.38
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Patrick Dutter	Far Left	EXG	715	1.33
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Marie-Claude Richez	Far Left	EXG	680	1.26
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Auguste Bildstein	Independent	DIV	452	0.84
style="background-color:Template:Far right/meta/color" \|	Edmond Guillet	Far Right	EXD	374	0.69
style="background-color:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" \|	Jean-Louis Kubiack	Communist Party	PCF	339	0.63
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Left/meta/color" \|	Gabrielle Domin	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	213	0.40

Total				53,919	100%

Registered voters				99,091
Blank/Void ballots				1,434	2.59%
Turnout				55,353	55.86%
Abstentions				43,738	44.14%

Result				colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \| UMP HOLD

2012

e • d Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 5th Constituency^[3]
Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	Antoine Herth	Union for a Presidential Majority	UMP	26,404	49.31	32,063	67.78
style="background-color:Template:Europe Ecology - The Greens/meta/color" \|	Daniel Ehret	Europe Ecology - The Greens	EELV	11,888	22.20	15,244	32.22
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Christian Cotelle	National Front	FN	10,306	19.25
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Movement (France)/meta/color" \|	Michel Gilardeau	The Centre for France	CEN	1,399	2.61
style="background-color:Template:Left Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Ariane Henry	Left Front	FG	1,362	2.54
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Daniel Webber	Ecologist	ECO	1,080	2.02
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Patrick Dutter	Far Left	EXG	556	1.04
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Christophe Palisser	Other	AUT	547	1.02
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Emmanuel Wingender	Other	AUT	0	0.00

Total				53,542	100%	47,307	100%

Registered voters				98,427		98,427
Blank/Void ballots				977	1.79%	1,652	3.37%
Turnout				54,519	55.39%	48,959	49.74%
Abstentions				43,908	44.61%	49,468	50.26%

Result						colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \| UMP HOLD

2017

e • d Results of the 11 June and 18 June 2017 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 5th Constituency^[4]
Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color" \|	Antoine Herth	The Republicans	LR	16,842	37.59	19,508	54.14
style="background-color:Template:Regionalist/meta/color" \|	Gérard Simler	Regionalist	REG	7,547	16.85	16,522	45.86
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Eliane Klein	National Front	FN	7,126	15.91
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Caroline Reys	Ecologist	ECO	4,059	9.06
style="background-color:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color" \|	Janig Terrier	La France Insoumise	FI	3,739	8.35
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Christian Dantz	Ecologist	ECO	1,482	3.31
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Daniel Weber	Ecologist	ECO	990	2.21
style="background-color:Template:Debout la France/meta/color" \|	Christine Beccari	Debout la France	DLF	975	2.18
style="background-color:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" \|	Christine Romanus	Communist Party	PCF	414	0.92
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Patrick Dutter	Far Left	EXG	414	0.92
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Candice Vetroff	Independent	DIV	371	0.83
style="background-color:Template:Far right/meta/color" \|	Eric Gautier	Far Right	EXD	308	0.69
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Eric Lapp-Lauth	Independent	DIV	283	0.63
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Feridun Ulusoy	Independent	DIV	252	0.56

Total				44,802	100%	36,030	100%

Registered voters				103,986		103,986
Blank/Void ballots				1,779	3.82%	3,318	8.43%
Turnout				46,581	44.80%	39,348	37.84%
Abstentions				57,405	55.20%	64,638	62.16%

Result						colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color" \| LR GAIN FROM UMP

Sources

[1] ttps://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2002/(path)/legislatives_2002/067/circons05.html

[2] ttps://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/067/circons05.html

[3] ttps://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/067/06705.html

[4] ttps://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017/(path)/legislatives-2017/067/06705.html

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