Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Haut-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Haut-Rhin département.

1st constituency of the Haut-Rhin
French National Assembly
constituency
Haut-Rhin's 1st Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy
 Éric Straumann
UMP
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
CantonsAndolsheim, Colmar-Nord, Colmar-Sud, Neuf-Brisach.
Registered voters74,091

Description

The seat includes the town of Colmar and then stretches eastwards towards the Rhine which forms the border with Germany. The seat has followed the historic pattern of Alsace by supporting parties of the right over the PS and its allies.

Historic Representation
ElectionMemberParty
1958 Edmond Borocco UDR
1973 Justin Haussherr CDP
1978 Jean-Paul Fuchs UDF
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 Edmond Gerrer UDF
1993 Gilbert Meyer RPR
2002 UMP
2007 Éric Straumann UMP
2012 LR

Election results

2002
 Results of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Haut-Rhin’s 1st Constituency[1]
Candidate Party 1st round
Votes %
Gilbert Meyer Union for a Presidential Majority UMP 20,935 52.13
Monique Marchal Socialist Party PS 8,376 20.86
Bruno Haebig National Front FN 5,031 12.53
Frederic Hilbert The Greens LV 1,395 3.47
Rene Becker National Republican Movement MNR 1,128 2.81
Brigitte Courteville Independent DIV 600 1.49
Gerard Probst Ecologist ECO 564 1.40
Christian Rousset Workers’ Struggle LO 546 1.36
Lydia Lacentra Movement for France MPF 536 1.33
Mathieu Lavarenne Republican Pole PR 506 1.26
Eliane Lodwitz Communist Party PCF 342 0.85
Vincent Wischlen Miscellaneous Right DVD 203 0.51
Total 40,162 100%
Registered voters 68,320
Blank/Void ballots 1,007 2.45%
Turnout 41,169 60.26%
Abstentions 27,151 39.74%
Result UMP GAIN FROM RPR


2007
Legislative Election 2007: Haut-Rhin's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DVD Éric Straumann 24,298 66.05
UMP Gilbert Meyer 12492 33.95
Turnout 41,528 57.73
DVD hold Swing

2012
Legislative Election 2012: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Éric Straumann 14,495 35.41
PS Victorine Valentin 9,005 22.00
DVD Gilbert Meyer 7,739 18.91
FN Vincent Wiss 5,375 13.13
EELV Frédéric Hilbert 1,241 3.03
DIV Antoine Walter 985 2.41
Others N/A 2,093
Turnout 40,933 55.25
2nd round result
UMP Éric Straumann 22,753 62.21
PS Victorine Valentin 13,823 37.79
Turnout 36,576 49.37
UMP gain from DVD

2017
Legislative Election 2017: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LR Éric Straumann 13,444 37.78
LREM Stéphanie Villemin 9,339 26.24
FN Marie-Hélène De Lacoste Laretmondie 4,063 11.42
FI Didier Ottermann 1,901 5.34
EELV Frédéric Hilbert 1,642 4.61
Regionalists Nadia Hoog (Unser Land) 1,096 3.08
DVD Philippe Rogala 1,015 2.85
Others N/A 3,084
Turnout 35,584 46.77
2nd round result
LR Éric Straumann 20,163 66.41
LREM Stéphanie Villemin 10,199 33.59
Turnout 30,362 39.91
LR hold

2020 by-election
2020 by-election: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LR Yves Hemedinger 6,944 45.39 +7.61
EELV Frédéric Hilbert 3,600 23.53 +18.92
RN Christian Zimmermann 2,148 14.04 +2.62
DIV Michel Clog 1,196 7.82 N/A
DLF Pascal Tschaen 588 3.84 N/A
DIV Jean-Frédéric Baechler 479 3.13 N/A
EXG Gilles Schaffar 311 2.03 N/A
Others N/A 32
Turnout 15,703 20.31 -26.46
2nd round result
LR Yves Hemedinger 8,933 63.67 -2.74
EELV Frédéric Hilbert 5,097 36.33 N/A
Turnout 14,624 18.92 -20.99
LR hold

Sources
  1. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2002/(path)/legislatives_2002/068/circons01.html
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