Bas-Rhin's 8th constituency

8th constituency of the Bas-Rhin

French National Assembly
constituency

Bas-Rhin's 8th Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy
 Frédéric Reiss
UMP
Department Bas-Rhin
Canton Lauterbourg, Seltz, Soultz-sous-Forêts, Wissembourg, Wœrth, Niederbronn-les-Bains, Bischwiller (part)
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

ElectionMemberParty
1958 François Grussenmeyer UNR
1978 RPR
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 François Grussenmeyer RPR
1993 François Loos UDF
2002 Frédéric Reiss UMP

Election Results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Bas-Rhin's 6th Constituency 1st Round
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
Independent Ecological Alliance Alphonse Sibler 946 1.92
FG Séverine Charret 870 1.77
Independent Ecological Movement Perrine Torrent 812 1.62
DLR Laure Ferrari 780 1.59
Pirate Party Pascal Ascheberg 362 0.74
LO Catherine Gsell 273 0.56
Miscellaneous left 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).

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