Bas-Rhin's 8th constituency
| 8th constituency of the Bas-Rhin | |
|---|---|
 National Assembly of France | |
 Bas-Rhin's 8th Constituency shown within Alsace. | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Cantons | Lauterbourg, Seltz, Soultz-sous-Forêts, Wissembourg, Wœrth, Niederbronn-les-Bains, Bischwiller (part) |
| Registered voters | 92,744 |
The 8th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.
Description
The 8th constituency of Bas-Rhin covers the Northern most portion of the Departement, bordering Germany to both the east and north. It includes the small town of Wissembourg on the German border as well as the surrounding countryside.
It has been a bastion of the conservative right since the inception of the Fifth Republic. It won easily by the UMP in the First round of the 2012 Election with the National Front coming a distant second some 16,000 votes behind Frédéric Reiss.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Union for the New Republic/meta/color" | | 1958 | François Grussenmeyer | UNR |
| style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | | 1978 | RPR | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" | | 1988 | François Grussenmeyer | RPR |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for French Democracy/meta/color" | | 1993 | François Loos | UDF |
| style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" | | 2002 | Frédéric Reiss | UMP |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Frédéric Reiss | 26,380 | 53.64 | ||
| FN | Diana Garnier-Lang | 10,100 | 20.54 | ||
| PS | Nicole Habermacher | 8 648 | 17.59 | ||
| AEI | Alphonse Sibler | 946 | 1.92 | ||
| FG | Séverine Charret | 870 | 1.77 | ||
| MEI | Perrine Torrent | 812 | 1.62 | ||
| DLR | Laure Ferrari | 780 | 1.59 | ||
| PP | Pascal Ascheberg | 362 | 0.74 | ||
| LO | Catherine Gsell | 273 | 0.56 | ||
| DVG | Catherine Bahl | 7 | 0.01 | ||
| Turnout | 50,184 | 54.11 | |||
| UMP hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).