Bas-Rhin's 5th constituency
| 5th constituency of Bas-Rhin | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Bas-Rhin's 5th Constituency shown within Alsace. | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Cantons | Barr, Benfeld, Erstein, Marckolsheim, Obernai, Sélestat |
| Registered voters | 98,427 |
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 |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Antoine Herth | 32,063 | 67.78 | ||
| LV | Daniel Ehret | 15,244 | 32.22 | ||
| Turnout | 48,959 | 49.74 | |||
| UMP hold | Swing | ||||
2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Antoine Herth | 31,277 | 58.01 | ||
| UDF | Danièle Meyer | 6,812 | 12.63 | ||
| PS | Christine Hamman | 5,566 | 10.32 | ||
| FN | Christian Cotelle | 3,606 | 6.69 | ||
| LV | Jacques Gartner | 1,885 | 3.50 | ||
| MEI | Clément Renaudet | 1,258 | 2.33 | ||
| CNIP | Monique Funck | 742 | 1.38 | ||
| LO | Patrick Dutter | 713 | 1.33 | ||
| LCR | Marie-Claude Richez | 680 | 1.26 | ||
| Auguste Bildstein | 452 | 0.84 | |||
| MNR | Edmond Guillet | 374 | 0.69 | ||
| PCF | Jean-Louis Kubiak | 339 | 0.63 | ||
| PRG | Gabrielle Domin | 213 | 0.40 | ||
| Turnout | 55,353 | 55.86 | |||
| UMP hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).