Moselle's 7th constituency

The 7th constituency of Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Moselle département.

7th constituency of Moselle

French National Assembly constituency
Moselle's 7th Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Hélène Zannier REM
Department	Moselle
Cantons	Boulay-Moselle, Bouzonville, Faulquemont, Saint-Avold-I, Saint-Avold-II
Registered voters	91,559

Description

Moselle's 7th constituency is formed around the town of Saint-Avold on the German border.

The domination of conservative candidates was broken in the 2012 elections after a National Front candidate secured a place in the second round thus splitting the conservative vote and allowing the election of the Socialist candidate.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	André Berthol	RPR
	2002		UMP
	2007	André Wojciechowski	UMP
	2012	Paola Zanetti	PS
	2017	Hélène Zannier	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Hélène Zannier	REM	10,290	27.41	17,879	56.24
	Kévin Pfeffer	FN	8,916	23.75	13,911	43.76
	André Wojciechowski	UDI	6,520	17.37
	Paola Zanetti	PS	4,499	11.98
	Kathia Donaté	FI	3,443	9.17
	Alain Léger	REG	887	2.36
	Martine Jung	ECO	842	2.24
	Ridouan Faresse	DIV	553	1.47
	Diane Bousset	EXG	371	0.99
	Camille Waechter	ECO	362	0.96
	Jean-Marc Kiehl	DIV	308	0.82
	Emin Gunduz	DIV	275	0.73
	Isabelle Desselier	DIV	275	0.73
Votes			37,541	100.00	31,790	100.00
Valid votes			37,541	97.36	31,790	92.15
Blank votes			772	2.00	2,189	6.35
Null votes			244	0.63	519	1.50
Turnout			38,557	42.67	34,498	38.18
Abstentions			51,813	57.33	55,862	61.82
Registered voters			90,370		90,360
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 7th Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Paola Zanetti	18,840	38.49
	PR	André Wojciechowski	18,471	37.74
	FN	Nathalie Pigeot	11,631	23.76
Turnout			49,638	54.21
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Sources

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