Moselle's 5th constituency

5th constituency of Moselle

French National Assembly constituency
Moselle's 5th Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Céleste Lett UMP
Department	Moselle
Canton	Bitche, Rohrbach-lès-Bitche, Sarralbe, Sarreguemines, Sarreguemines-Campagne, Volmunster.
Voters	74,623

The 5th constituency of Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Moselle département.

Description

The 5th Constituency of Moselle occupies a finger of territory jutting eastwards from the main body of the Department, bordered to the north by Germany and to the south by Bas-Rhin. Almost entirely rural the constituency includes a large part of the Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park.

The seat has elected conservatives throughout the Fifth Republic save for between 1997 and 2002 when Socialist Gilbert Maurer captured it.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Jean Seitlinger	MRP
	1958	Etienne Hinsberger	UNR
	1973	Jean Seitlinger	UDF
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean Seitlinger	UDF
	1997	Gilbert Maurer	PS
	2002	Céleste Lett	UMP

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 5th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Céleste Lett	21,721	60.24
	PS	Angèle Dufflo	14,334	39.76
Turnout			50.71	37,840
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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