Bas-Rhin's 6th constituency
| 6th constituency of Bas-Rhin | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Bas-Rhin's 6th Constituency shown within Alsace. | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Cantons | Saales, Obernai, Molsheim, Rosheim, Schirmeck, Wasselonne |
| Registered voters | 91,200 |
The 6th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.
Description
The 6th Constituency of Bas-Rhin covers the mid Western portion of the Département including the entire Arrondissement of Molsheim but also Obernai from the Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein.
The constituency includes the small towns of Molsheim and Wasselonne as well as a portion of the eastern fringes of the Vosges Mountains.
The constituency has been held by parties of the right and centre right for its entire existence during the 5th Republic.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Popular Republican Movement/meta/color" | | 1958 | Henri Meck | MRP |
| style="background-color: Template:Union of Democrats for the Republic/meta/color" | | 1967 | Gérard Lehn | UDR |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" | | 1973 | Jean-Marie Caro | UDF |
| 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" | | 1988 | Jean-Marie Caro | UDF |
| style="background-color: Template:Radical Party (France)/meta/color" | | 1993 | Alain Ferry | PR |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2002 | Laurent Furst | UMP |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Laurent Furst | 25,964 | 51.68 | ||
| FN | Brigitte Tinot | 8,953 | 17.82 | ||
| PS | Astrid Scharly | 8,043 | 16.01 | ||
| LV | Jean Vogel | 4,720 | 9.39 | ||
| FG | Dorothée Unterberger | 969 | 1.93 | ||
| MoDem | Anne-Sophie Freliger | 945 | 1.88 | ||
| CNIP | Rémy Wendling | 416 | 0.83 | ||
| LO | Jeanne-Françoise Langlade | 232 | 0.46 | ||
| Turnout | 50,949 | 55.87 | |||
| UMP hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).