Bas-Rhin's 5th constituency

5th constituency of Bas-Rhin

French National Assembly constituency
Bas-Rhin's 5th Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy	Antoine Herth UMP
Department	Bas-Rhin
Canton	Barr, Benfeld, Erstein, Marckolsheim, Obernai, Sélestat
Voters	98,427

The 5th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.

Description

The 5th Constituency of Bas-Rhin covers the southern portion of the Département including nearly the entire of the Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein excluding only Obernai.

The seat has been a strong hold of the right since its inception and has been held by the Gaullist UMP since 2002.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Albert Ehm	UNR
	1978	Georges Klein	UDF
	1980	Germain Gengenwin	UDF
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Germain Gengenwin	UDF
	2002	Antoine Herth	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Bas-Rhin's 5th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Antoine Herth	32,063	67.78
	LV	Daniel Ehret	15,244	32.22
Turnout			48,959	49.74
	UMP hold		Swing

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Bas-Rhin's 5th Constituency 1st Round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Antoine Herth	31,277	58.01
	UDF	Danièle Meyer	6,812	12.63
	PS	Christine Hamman	5,566	10.32
	FN	Christian Cotelle	3,606	6.69
	LV	Jacques Gartner	1,885	3.50
	Independent Ecological Movement	Clément Renaudet	1,258	2.33
	CNIP	Monique Funck	742	1.38
	LO	Patrick Dutter	713	1.33
	Revolutionary Communist League	Marie-Claude Richez	680	1.26
		Auguste Bildstein	452	0.84
	National Republican Movement	Edmond Guillet	374	0.69
	PCF	Jean-Louis Kubiak	339	0.63
	PRG	Gabrielle Domin	213	0.40
Turnout			55,353	55.86
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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