Territoire de Belfort's 2nd constituency
The 2nd constituency of Territoire-de-Belfort is a French legislative constituency in the Territoire-de-Belfort département.
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 Territoire-de-Belfort's 2nd Constituency shown within Franche-Comté. | |||
| Deputy |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Territoire-de-Belfort | ||
| Cantons | Belfort-Nord, Belfort-Ouest, Belfort-Sud, Châtenois-les-Forges, Giromagny, Offemont, Rougemont-le-Château, Valdoie. | ||
| Registered voters | 47,774 | ||
Description
The 2nd constituency of Territoire-de-Belfort includes most of Belfort itself as well as the territory in the north west of the department.
The constituency is notable for being the home seat of former Interior Minister Jean-Pierre Chevènement, who left the Socialist Party to found the Citizens' Movement in 1993.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Raymond Forni | PS | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Jean-Pierre Chevènement | PS | |
| 1988 | Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz | PS | |
| 1991 | Jean-Pierre Chevènement | PS | |
| 1993 | MDC | ||
| 1997 | Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz | MDC | |
| 2000 | Jean-Pierre Chevènement | MDC | |
| 2002 | Michel Zumkeller | PRV | |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR | Michel Zumkeller | 13,741 | 51.61 | ||
| DVG | Etienne Butzbach | 12,886 | 48.39 | ||
| Turnout | 18,139 | 58.90 | |||
| PR hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
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