Bas-Rhin's 7th constituency

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

7th constituency of the Bas-Rhin

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

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		UDF
	2007	Patrick Hetzel	UMP
	2015		LR

Election results

2002

Emile Blessig was elected with more than 50% of the vote in the first round of voting, and therefore no second round took place.

 Results of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 7th Constituency[1]

Candidate		Party		1st round
				Votes	%
	Emile Blessig	Union for French Democracy	UDF	24,612	54.55
	Nicolas Olszak	Socialist Party	PS	7,154	15.86
	Antoine Kraemer	National Front	FN	5,792	12.84
	Rene Weess	National Republican Movement	MNR	3,295	7.30
	Mathieu Fichter	The Greens	LV	1,405	3.11
	A. Marie Traore	Workers’ Struggle	LO	555	1.23
	Maryse Retali	Ecologist	ECO	528	1.17
	Sylvie Lohr	Revolutionary Communist League	LCR	512	1.13
	Robert Hoppe	Ecologist	ECO	440	0.98
	Jacky Dudt	Communist Party	PCF	426	0.94
	Pascal Dupaix	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	401	0.89
Total				45,120	100%
Registered voters				78,653
Blank/Void ballots				1,241	2.68%
Turnout				46,361	58.94%
Abstentions				32,292	41.06%
Result				UDF GAIN

2007

Emile Blessig was elected with more than 50% of the vote in the first round of voting, and therefore no second round took place.

 Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 7th Constituency[2]

Candidate		Party		1st round
				Votes	%
	Emile Blessig	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	27,269	60.49
	Thierry Carbiener	UDF-Democratic Movement	UDF-MoDem	6,592	14.62
	Pascale Delorme	Socialist Party	PS	2,949	6.54
	Robert Martig	National Front	FN	2,939	6.52
	Marie Madeline Braud	The Greens	LV	2,171	4.82
	Fabienne Schnitzler	Ecologist	ECO	741	1.64
	Liliane Bas	Far Left	EXG	676	1.50
	Hervé Therouse	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	526	1.17
	Georges Hoffmann	Far Left	EXG	470	1.04
	Yves Queneville	Independent	DIV	425	0.94
	Evelyne Hamm	Far Right	EXD	322	0.71
Total				45,080	100%
Registered voters				82,832
Blank/Void ballots				1,132	2.45%
Turnout				46,212	55.79%
Abstentions				36,620	%
Result				UMP GAIN

2012

 Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 7th Constituency[3]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Patrick Hetzel	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	14,518	31.43	21,431	57.31
	Thierry Carbiener	Centrist Alliance	AC	9,477	20.51	16,026	42.79
	Laurent Gnaedig	National Front	FN	8,609	18.64
	Michèle Comte	Europe Ecology - The Greens	EELV	5,665	12.26
	Denis Lieb	Regionalist	REG	4,457	9.65
	Bénédicte Herrgott	Left Front	FG	1,789	3.87
	Pierre Schweitzer	The Centre for France	CEN	872	1.89
	Anne-Marie Victor	Other	AUT	377	0.82
	Liliane Bas	Far Left	EXG	265	0.57
	Etienne Schmitt	Other	AUT	168	0.36
Total				46,197	100%	37,457	100%
Registered voters				84,670		84,668
Blank/Void ballots				841	1.79%	3,019	7.46%
Turnout				47,038	55.55%	40,476	%
Abstentions				37,632	44.45%	44,192	52.19%
Result						UMP HOLD

2017

 Results of the 11 June and 18 June 2017 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 7th Constituency[4]

Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Partick Hetzel	The Republicans	LR	13,463	33.77	20,836	62.61
	Antoinette De Santis	La République En Marche!	LREM	10,643	26.70	12,445	37.39
	Virginie Joron	National Front	FN	6,278	15.75
	Jean-Marie Lorber	Regionalist	REG	3,408	8.55
	Peter Andersen	La France Insoumise	FI	2,235	5.61
	Sandrine Lombard	Ecologist	ECO	1,740	4.37
	Pascale Elles	Debout la France	DLF	473	1.19
	Bénédicte Herrgott	Communist Party	PCF	436	1.09
	Natacha Ruiz	Ecologist	ECO	397	1.00
	Aurélien Hary	Independent	DIV	255	0.64
	Olivier Muller-Haenel	Independent	DIV	233	0.58
	Jeanne-Françoise Langlade	Far Left	EXG	202	0.51
	Mikaïl Kaya	Independent	DIV	99	0.25
Total				39,862	100%	33,281	100%
Registered voters				85,519		85,427
Blank/Void ballots				813	2.00%	2,447	6.84%
Turnout				40,675	47.56%	35,728	41.82%
Abstentions				44,844	52.44%	49,699	58.18%
Result						LR GAIN FROM UMP

Sources

1. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2002/(path)/legislatives_2002/067/circons07.html
2. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2007/(path)/legislatives_2007/067/circons07.html
3. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/067/06707.html
4. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017/(path)/legislatives-2017/067/06707.html