Bas-Rhin's 4th constituency

4thconstituency of the Bas-Rhin

French National Assembly constituency
Bas-Rhin's 4th Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy	Sophie Rohfritsch UMP
Department	Bas-Rhin
Canton	Geispolsheim, Mundolsheim (part), Truchtersheim, Illkirch-Graffenstaden (Part)
Voters	89,926

The 4th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.

Description

This constituency spreads west from Strasbourg and includes several small commuter towns such as Geispolsheim and Lingolsheim. It also contains Strasbourg International Airport within its borders.

The seat has been dominated by parties of the right throughout the 5th Republic, electing representatives from both Gaullist and non-Gaullist parties.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Étienne Lux	MRP
	1962	Georges Ritter	CNIP
	1973	Jean-Claude Burckel	UDR
	1978	André Durr	RPR
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	André Durr	RPR
	1995	Yves Burr	UDF
	2002		UMP
	2012	Sophie Rohfritsch	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Bas-Rhin's 4th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Sophie Rohfritsch	29,154	65.05
	PS	Nadine Soccio	15,665	34.95
Turnout			46,142	51.31
	UMP hold		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Bas-Rhin's 4th Constituency 1st Round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Yves Burr	36,365	56.84
	PS	Claude Foehly	10,078	15.75
	UDF	Anne Meunier	7,123	11.23
	LV	Jacques Fernique	3,349	5.23
	FN	Marie Madeleine Heitz	3,235	5.06
		Fabien Foesser	1,147	1.79
	Miscellaneous left	Michel Oswald	927	1.45
		Anthony Meckert	550	0.86
	National Republican Movement	Frédéric Lalande	479	0.72
	PCF	Ariane Henry	381	0.60
	LO	Marc Baud-Berthier	366	0.57
Turnout			64,937	56.94
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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