Moselle's 5th constituency

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

5th constituency of Moselle
French National Assembly
constituency
Moselle's 5th Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy
 Nicole Gries-Trisse
REM
DepartmentMoselle
CantonsBitche, Rohrbach-lès-Bitche, Sarralbe, Sarreguemines, Sarreguemines-Campagne, Volmunster.
Registered voters74,623

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.

Until 2017, the seat elected conservatives throughout the Fifth Republic save for between 1997 and 2002 when Socialist Gilbert Maurer captured it.

Historic Representation

ElectionMemberParty
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
2017 Nicole Gries-Trisse REM

Election results

Candidate Label First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Céleste Lett LR 9,123 28.72 13,676 48.49
Nicole Gries-Trisse REM 7,775 24.47 14,529 51.51
Pascal Jenft FN 5,478 17.24
David Suck UDI 4,193 13.20
Brigitte Blang FI 2,092 6.59
Angèle Dufflo PS 823 2.59
Élisabeth Parachini ECO 549 1.73
Solenne Schaff DLF 457 1.44
Chantal Uhring REG 264 0.83
Bernadette Hilpert PCF 218 0.69
Ramazan Dogan DIV 193 0.61
Sébastien Ollier EXG 193 0.61
Yvonne Wentzel DIV 145 0.46
Jacqueline Berger DIV 142 0.45
Daniella Bettenfeld EXG 124 0.39
Votes 31,769 100.00 28,205 100.00
Valid votes 31,769 97.62 28,205 92.44
Blank votes 564 1.73 1,585 5.19
Null votes 211 0.65 722 2.37
Turnout 32,544 43.99 30,512 41.25
Abstentions 41,438 56.01 43,460 58.75
Registered voters 73,982 73,972
Source: Ministry of the Interior

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).

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