Bas-Rhin's 6th constituency

6th constituency of Bas-Rhin

French National Assembly constituency
Bas-Rhin's 6th Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy	Laurent Furst UMP
Department	Bas-Rhin
Canton	Saales, Obernai, Molsheim, Rosheim, Schirmeck, Wasselonne
Voters	91,200

The 6th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.

Description

The 6th Constituency of Bas-Rhin covers the mid Western portion of the Département including the entire Arrondissement of Molsheim but also Obernai from the Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein.

The constituency includes the small towns of Molsheim and Wasselonne as well as a portion of the eastern fringes of the Vosges Mountains.

The constituency has been held by parties of the right and centre right for its entire existence during the 5th Republic.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Henri Meck	MRP
	1967	Gérard Lehn	UDR
	1973	Jean-Marie Caro	UDF
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Marie Caro	UDF
	1993	Alain Ferry	PR
	2002	Laurent Furst	UMP

Election Results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Bas-Rhin's 6th Constituency 1st Round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Laurent Furst	25,964	51.68
	FN	Brigitte Tinot	8,953	17.82
	PS	Astrid Scharly	8,043	16.01
	LV	Jean Vogel	4,720	9.39
	FG	Dorothée Unterberger	969	1.93
	MoDem	Anne-Sophie Freliger	945	1.88
	CNIP	Rémy Wendling	416	0.83
	LO	Jeanne-Françoise Langlade	232	0.46
Turnout			50,949	55.87
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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