Vosges's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of the Vosges is a French legislative constituency in the Vosges département.

2nd constituency of the Vosges

French National Assembly constituency
Vosges' 2nd Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Gérard Cherpion UMP
Department	Vosges
Cantons	Brouvelieures, Bruyères, Corcieux, Fraize, Provenchères-sur-Fave, Raon-l'Étape, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-Est, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-Ouest, Senones
Registered voters	74,263

Description

Vosges' 2nd Constituency consists of the north-eastern corner of Vosges and includes the town of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges as well the surrounding countryside and small villages.

The constituency has historically been a marginal one with the Socialist Party winning in 1978, 1981 and 1997. The constituency, has however, now been represented by the conservative UMP party since 2002.

Notably the defeated PS candidate at the 2012 election was the former Education and Culture minister Jack Lang.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Maurice Lemaire	UNR
	1978	Christian Pierret	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Christian Pierret	PS
	1993	Gérard Cherpion	RPR
	1997	Claude Jacquot	PS
	2002	Gérard Cherpion	UMP

Election results

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Vosges's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LR	Gérard Cherpion	10,044	29.17
	LREM	Christine Urbes	9,716	28.22
	FN	Isabelle Gerard	6,683	19.41
	FI	Sylvain Calbrix	3,704	10.76
	EELV	Christine L'Heureux	1,606	4.66
	PCF	Sandra Blaise	808	2.35
	Others	N/A	1,873
Turnout			34,434	47.00
2nd round result
	LR	Gérard Cherpion	15,501	55.41
	LREM	Christine Urbes	12,474	44.59
Turnout			27,975	38.19
	LR hold

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Vosges's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jack Lang	16,515	37.50
	UMP	Gérard Cherpion	15,567	35.35
	FN	Jean-François Jalkh	7,679	17.44
	FG	Sandra Blaise	1,780	4.04
	Others	N/A	2,497
Turnout			44,038	59.30
2nd round result
	UMP	Gérard Cherpion	22,257	50.89
	PS	Jack Lang	21,480	49.11
Turnout			43,737	58.89
	UMP hold

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Vosges's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Gérard Cherpion	18,469	43.92
	PS	Christian Pierret	12,090	28.75
	FN	Chantal Odile	3,221	7.66
	MoDem	Pascal Thomas	3,187	7.58
	PCF	Sandra Blaise	1,403	3.34
	EXG	Catherine Calais	1,241	2.95
	DVE	Catherine Bitterlin	1,110	2.64
	Others	N/A	1,327
Turnout			43,279	57.19
2nd round result
	UMP	Gérard Cherpion	22,685	54.99
	PS	Christian Pierret	18,566	45.01
Turnout			43,588	57.60
	UMP hold

2002

Legislative Election 2002: Vosges's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Gérard Cherpion	16,700	38.64
	PS	Claude Jacquot	13,390	30.98
	FN	Georg Kuhn	6,221	14.39
	UDF	Marc Parmentelot	1,777	4.11
	PCF	Françoise George	1,160	2.68
	Others	N/A	3,971
Turnout			44,760	61.01
2nd round result
	UMP	Gérard Cherpion	21,538	52.53
	PS	Claude Jacquot	19,460	47.47
Turnout			43,286	59.00
	UMP gain from PS

1997

Legislative Election 1997: Vosges's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Christian Pierret	19,146	40.91
	RPR	Gérard Cherpion	13,606	29.07
	FN	Suzette Cassin	6,998	14.95
	PCF	Christian Staphe	2,709	5.79
	DIV	Dominique Marin	1,792	3.83
	Others	N/A	2,549
Turnout			49,698	69.95
2nd round result
	PS	Christian Pierret	28,574	58.38
	RPR	Gérard Cherpion	20,374	41.62
Turnout			52,538	73.96
	PS gain from RPR

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).