Bas-Rhin's 8th constituency

8th constituency of the Bas-Rhin
8th constituency of the Bas-Rhin
inlineConstituency of the ; National Assembly of France
	Bas-Rhin's 8th Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy	Frédéric Reiss; LR
Department	Bas-Rhin
Cantons	Lauterbourg, Seltz, Soultz-sous-Forêts, Wissembourg, Wœrth, Niederbronn-les-Bains, Bischwiller (part)
Registered voters	92,744
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The 8th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.

Description

The 8th constituency of Bas-Rhin covers the Northern most portion of the Departement, bordering (Germany) to both the east and north. It includes the small town of Wissembourg on the German border as well as the surrounding countryside.

It has been a bastion of the conservative right since the inception of the Fifth Republic. It was won easily by the UMP in the first round of the 2012 election, with the National Front coming a distant second some 16,000 votes behind Frédéric Reiss.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Union for the New Republic/meta/color" \|	1958	François Grussenmeyer	UNR
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" \|	1978	François Grussenmeyer	RPR
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" \|	1988	François Grussenmeyer	RPR
style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" \|	1993	François Loos	UDF
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	2002	Frédéric Reiss	UMP
style="background-color: Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color" \|	2015	Frédéric Reiss	LR

Election results

2002

The UMP candidate 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 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 8th Constituency^[1]
Candidate		Party		1st round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	Francois Loos	Union for a Presidential Majority	UMP	23,211	60.42
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	J. Marie Freund	National Front	FN	6,000	15.62
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	Pierre Mammosser	Socialist Party	PS	4,997	13.01
style="background-color:Template:The Greens (France)/meta/color" \|	Stephane Reiss	The Greens	LV	1,443	3.76
style="background-color:Template:Lutte Ouvrière/meta/color" \|	Catherine Gsell	Workers’ Struggle	LO	579	1.51
style="background-color:Template:Regionalist/meta/color" \|	Bruno Wolff	Regionalist	REG	562	1.46
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	H. Pierre Bapst	Ecologist	ECO	479	1.25
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Colette Marchal	Ecologist	ECO	386	1.00
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Catherine Wagner	Independent	DIV	311	0.81
style="background-color:Template:Movement for France/meta/color" \|	Frederic Lemaire	Movement for France	MPF	284	0.74
style="background-color:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" \|	Ralph Blindauer	Communist Party	PCF	162	0.42

Total				38,414	100%

Registered voters				68,063
Blank/Void ballots				1,176	2.97%
Turnout				39,590	58.17%
Abstentions				28,473	41.83%

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

2007

Frédéric Reiss 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 8th Constituency^[2]
Candidate		Party		1st round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	Frédéric Reiss	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	25,260	65.91
style="background-color:Template:Democratic Movement (France)/meta/color" \|	Thomas Joerger	UDF-Democratic Movement	UDF-MoDem	3,488	9.10
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	Ambroise Perrin	Socialist Party	PS	3,339	8.71
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Laurent Gnaedig	National Front	FN	2,765	7.21
style="background-color:Template:The Greens (France)/meta/color" \|	Songul Kiraz	The Greens	LV	980	2.56
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Héloïse Exbrayat	Ecologist	ECO	523	1.36
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Danièle Canton	Far Left	EXG	469	1.22
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Catherine Gsell	Far Left	EXG	432	1.13
style="background-color:Template:Far right/meta/color" \|	Gabriel Bastain	Far Right	EXD	381	0.99
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" \|	Christophe Bord	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	347	0.91
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Jean-Philippe Martin	Independent	DIV	342	0.89

Total				38,326	100%

Registered voters				70,558
Blank/Void ballots				993	2.53%
Turnout				39,319	55.73%
Abstentions				31,239	44.27%

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

2012

Frédéric Reiss 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 2012 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 8th Constituency^[3]
Candidate		Party		1st round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" \|	Frédéric Reiss	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	26,380	53.64
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Diana Garnier-Lang	National Front	FN	10,100	20.54
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	Nicole Habermacher	Socialist Party	PS	8,648	17.59
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Alphonse Sibler	Ecologist	ECO	946	1.92
style="background-color:Template:Left Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Séverine Charret	Left Front	FG	870	1.77
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Perrine Torrent	Ecologist	ECO	812	1.65
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" \|	Laure Ferrari	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	780	1.59
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Pascal Ascheberg	Other	AUT	362	0.74
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Catherine Gsell	Far Left	EXG	273	0.56
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Catherine Bahl	Other	AUT	7	0.01

Total				49,178	100%

Registered voters				92,744
Blank/Void ballots				1,006	2.00%
Turnout				50,184	54.11%
Abstentions				42,560	45.89%

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 8th Constituency^[4]
Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color" \|	Christian Gliech	La République En Marche!	LREM	14,143	32.98	15,407	41.12
style="background-color:Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color" \|	Frédéric Reiss	The Republicans	LR	12,954	30.20	22,063	58.88
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" \|	Gérard Janus	National Front	FN	7,363	17.17
style="background-color:Template:Regionalist/meta/color" \|	Gaby Hartmann	Regionalist	REG	3,320	7.74
style="background-color:Template:La France Insoumise/meta/color" \|	Manuel Menetrier	La France Insoumise	FI	2,039	4.75
style="background-color:Template:Debout la France/meta/color" \|	Pierre-Henri Eisenschmidt	Debout la France	DLF	996	2.32
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Perrine Torrent	Ecologist	ECO	764	1.78
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" \|	Ambroise Perrin	Socialist Party	PS	520	1.21
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Daniel Fischer	Independent	DIV	228	0.53
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" \|	Gisèle Schneider	Ecologist	ECO	214	0.50
style="background-color:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" \|	Pascal Prevost-Boure	Communist Party	PCF	179	0.42
style="background-color:Template:Far left/meta/color" \|	Mehdi Benhlal	Far Left	EXG	167	0.39

Total				42,887	100%	37,470	100%

Registered voters				94,590		94,499
Blank/Void ballots				990	2.26%	2,671	6.65%
Turnout				43,877	46.39%	40,141	42.48%
Abstentions				50,713	53.61%	54,358	57.52%

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/circons08.html

[2] ttps://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/067/circons08.html

[3] ttps://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/067/06708.html

[4] ttps://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017/(path)/legislatives-2017/067/06708.html

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