Bas-Rhin's 4th constituency
| 4thconstituency of the Bas-Rhin | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Bas-Rhin's 4th Constituency shown within Alsace. | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Cantons | Geispolsheim, Mundolsheim (part), Truchtersheim, Illkirch-Graffenstaden (Part) |
| Registered voters | 89,926 |
The 4th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.
Description
This constituency spreads west from Strasbourg and includes several small commuter towns such as Geispolsheim and Lingolsheim. It also contains Strasbourg International Airport within its borders.
The seat has been dominated by parties of the right throughout the 5th Republic, electing representatives from both Gaullist and non-Gaullist parties.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Popular Republican Movement/meta/color" | | 1958 | Étienne Lux | MRP |
| style="background-color: Template:National Centre of Independents and Peasants/meta/color" | | 1962 | Georges Ritter | CNIP |
| style="background-color: Template:Union of Democrats for the Republic/meta/color" | | 1973 | Jean-Claude Burckel | UDR |
| style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | | 1978 | André Durr | RPR |
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | | 1988 | André Durr | RPR |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" | | 1995 | Yves Burr | UDF |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2002 | UMP | |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2012 | Sophie Rohfritsch | UMP |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Sophie Rohfritsch | 29,154 | 65.05 | ||
| PS | Nadine Soccio | 15,665 | 34.95 | ||
| Turnout | 46,142 | 51.31 | |||
| UMP hold | Swing | ||||
2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Yves Burr | 36,365 | 56.84 | ||
| PS | Claude Foehly | 10,078 | 15.75 | ||
| UDF | Anne Meunier | 7,123 | 11.23 | ||
| LV | Jacques Fernique | 3,349 | 5.23 | ||
| FN | Marie Madeleine Heitz | 3,235 | 5.06 | ||
| Fabien Foesser | 1,147 | 1.79 | |||
| DVG | Michel Oswald | 927 | 1.45 | ||
| Anthony Meckert | 550 | 0.86 | |||
| MNR | Frédéric Lalande | 479 | 0.72 | ||
| PCF | Ariane Henry | 381 | 0.60 | ||
| LO | Marc Baud-Berthier | 366 | 0.57 | ||
| Turnout | 64,937 | 56.94 | |||
| UMP hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).