Bas-Rhin's 7th constituency

7th constituency of the Bas-Rhin

French National Assembly constituency
Bas-Rhin's 7th Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy	Patrick Hetzel UMP
Department	Bas-Rhin
Canton	Bouxwiller, Drulingen, Marmoutier, La Petite-Pierre, Sarre-Union, Saverne, Hochfelden
Voters	84,668

The 7th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.

Description

Bas-Rhin's 7th Constituency covers the north western portion of Bas Rhin and includes all of the Arrondissement of Saverne as well as Hochfelden from the Arrondissement of Strasbourg-Campagne. It also includes the southern portion of the Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park.

Like much of Alsace the constituency has returned conservative members to the National Assembly throughout the Fifth Republic.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Georges Kuntz	MRP
	1962	Alfred Westphal	UNR
	1973	Adrien Zeller	Ind
	1981		UDF
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Adrien Zeller	UDF
	1998	Émile Blessig	UMP
	2002	Patrick Hetzel	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Bas-Rhin's 7th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Patrick Hetzel	21,431	57.21
	Centrist Alliance	Thierry Carbiener	16,026	42.79
Turnout			40,476	47.81
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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