Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency

1st constituency of the Haut-Rhin
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Haut-Rhin's 1st Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy	Éric Straumann UMP
Department	Haut-Rhin
Cantons	Andolsheim, Colmar-Nord, Colmar-Sud, Neuf-Brisach.
Registered voters	74,091
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The 1st constituency of the Haut-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Haut-Rhin département.

Description

The seat includes the town of Colmar and then stretches eastwards towards the Rhine which forms the border with Germany. The seat has followed the historic pattern of Alsace by supporting parties of the right over the PS and its allies.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Union of Democrats for the Republic/meta/color" |	1958	Edmond Borocco	UDR
style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" |	1973	Justin Haussherr	CDP
style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" |	1978	Jean-Paul Fuchs	UDF
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" |	1988	Edmond Gerrer	UDF
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	1993	Gilbert Meyer	RPR
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2002		UMP
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2007	Éric Straumann	UMP
style="background-color: Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color" |	2012		LR

Election results

2002

 Results of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Haut-Rhin’s 1st Constituency

Candidate		Party		1st round
				Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	Gilbert Meyer	Union for a Presidential Majority	UMP	20,935	52.13
style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party (France)/meta/color" |	Monique Marchal	Socialist Party	PS	8,376	20.86
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" |	Bruno Haebig	National Front	FN	5,031	12.53
style="background-color:Template:The Greens (France)/meta/color" |	Frederic Hilbert	The Greens	LV	1,395	3.47
style="background-color:Template:National Republican Movement/meta/color" |	Rene Becker	National Republican Movement	MNR	1,128	2.81
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" |	Brigitte Courteville	Independent	DIV	600	1.49
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" |	Gerard Probst	Ecologist	ECO	564	1.40
style="background-color:Template:Lutte Ouvrière/meta/color" |	Christian Rousset	Workers’ Struggle	LO	546	1.36
style="background-color:Template:Movement for France/meta/color" |	Lydia Lacentra	Movement for France	MPF	536	1.33
style="background-color:Template:Citizen and Republican Movement/meta/color" |	Mathieu Lavarenne	Republican Pole	PR	506	1.26
style="background-color:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" |	Eliane Lodwitz	Communist Party	PCF	342	0.85
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" |	Vincent Wischlen	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	203	0.51
Total				40,162	100%
Registered voters				68,320
Blank/Void ballots				1,007	2.45%
Turnout				41,169	60.26%
Abstentions				27,151	39.74%
Result				colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | UMP GAIN FROM RPR

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Haut-Rhin's 1st Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Éric Straumann	22,753	62.21
	PS	Victorine Valetin	13,823	37.79
Turnout			36576	51.13
	UMP hold		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Haut-Rhin's 1st Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DVD	Éric Straumann	24,298	66.05
	UMP	Gilbert Meyer	12492	33.95
Turnout			41,528	57.73
	DVD hold		Swing