Bas-Rhin's 1st constituency

1st constituency of the Bas-Rhin

French National Assembly constituency
Bas-Rhin's 1st Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy	Armand Jung PS
Department	Bas-Rhin
Canton	Strasbourg I, Strasbourg II, Strasbourg IV, Strasbourg IX
Voters	63,979

The 1st constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département, Alsace.

Description

The constituency includes the centre and immediate northern and southern cantons of Strasbourg. All the cantons are held by parties of the left; three for the PS and one for The Greens. It is therefore no surprise that the seat has returned a PS member to the National Assembly since 1997.

Historic representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	René Radius	UNR
	1978	Émile Koehl	UDF
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Émile Koehl	UDF
	1993	Harry Lapp	UDF
	1997	Armand Jung	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Bas-Rhin's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Armand Jung	18,926	61.61	+5.34
	UMP	Anne Hulne	11,792	38.39	-5.34
Turnout			31,439	49.14	-5.85
	PS hold		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Bas-Rhin's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Armand Jung	15,994	56.27
	UMP	Frédérique Loutrel	12,428	43.73
Turnout			28,964	54.99
	PS hold		Swing

Sources

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