Haut-Rhin's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of the Haut-Rhin
inline Constituency of the National Assembly of France
Deputy	Jacques Cattin LR
Department	Haut-Rhin
Cantons	Kaysersberg, Lapoutroie, Munster, Ribeauvill, Rouffach, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Wintzenheim, Guebwiller
Registered voters	91136
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The 2nd constituency of the Haut-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Haut-Rhin département.

Description

This constituency in Alsace consists of the small towns and villages to the north and west of Colmar including Munster and Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines. It rises into the foothills of the Vosges Mountains and borders Lorraine to the west.

Traditionally it has been strongly conservative supporting moderate parties of the centre-right and the Gaullist RPR/UMP.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" |	1988	Jean-Paul Fuchs	UDF
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	1997	Marc Dumoulin	RPR/UMP
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2002	Jean-Louis Christ	UMP
style="background-color: Template:The Republicans (France)/meta/color" |	2017	Jacques Cattin	LR

Election results

2002

 Results of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Haut-Rhin’s 2nd Constituency

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	J. Louis Christ	Union for a Presidential Majority	UMP	10,119	23.63	17,398	59.60
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" |	Pierre Hussherr	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	5,498	12.84	11,794	40.40
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" |	Thierry Speitel	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	4,518	10.55
style="background-color:Template:National Front (France)/meta/color" |	Christiane Ingold	National Front	FN	4,345	10.15
style="background-color:Template:Radical Party of the Left/meta/color" |	Jacques Loëss	Radical Party of the Left	PRG	4,138	9.66
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" |	Guy Daessle	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	3,926	9.17
style="background-color:Template:The Greens (France)/meta/color" |	Christophe Hartmann	The Greens	LV	2,841	6.63
style="background-color:Template:National Republican Movement/meta/color" |	Christian Chaton	National Republican Movement	MNR	2,782	6.50
style="background-color:Template:Citizen and Republican Movement/meta/color" |	Bruno Ciofi	Republican Pole	PR	1,111	2.59
style="background-color:Template:French Communist Party/meta/color" |	Guy Buecher	Communist Party	PCF	725	1.69
style="background-color:Template:Ecologist/meta/color" |	M. Helene Pillet	Ecologist	ECO	610	1.42
style="background-color:Template:Independent politician/meta/color" |	Eric Talles	Independent	DIV	608	1.42
style="background-color:Template:Movement for France/meta/color" |	Christophe Husser	Movement for France	MPF	582	1.36
style="background-color:Template:Lutte Ouvrière/meta/color" |	Vivette Michea	Workers’ Struggle	LO	547	1.28
style="background-color:Template:Miscellaneous Right/meta/color" |	Vincent Toscani	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	241	0.56
style="background-color:Template:Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions/meta/color" |	Dominique Monnot	Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions	CPNT	237	0.55
Total				42,828	100%	29,192	100%
Registered voters				71,593		71,589
Blank/Void ballots				1,282	2.91%	4,197	12.57%
Turnout				44,110	61.61%	33,389	46.64%
Abstentions				27,483	38.39%	38,200	53.36%
Result						colspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | UMP HOLD

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Haut-Rhin 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Jean-Louis Christ	28,988	63.55
	LV	Henri Stoll	16,626	18.24
Turnout			47357	51.96
	UMP hold		Swing