Bas-Rhin's 5th constituency

5th constituency of Bas-Rhin
French National Assembly ; constituency
	Bas-Rhin's 5th Constituency shown within Alsace
	Bas-Rhin in France
Deputy	Antoine Herth; LR
Department	Bas-Rhin
Cantons	Barr, Benfeld, Erstein, Marckolsheim, Obernai, Sélestat
Registered voters	98,427

The 5th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.

Description[]

The 5th Constituency of Bas-Rhin covers the southern portion of the Département including nearly the entire of the Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein excluding only Obernai.

The seat has been a strong hold of the right since its inception and has been held by the Gaullist UMP since 2002.

Historic representation[]

Election		Member	Party
	1958		UNR
	1978		UDF
	1980		UDF
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988		UDF
	2002	Antoine Herth	UMP
	2007
	2012
	2015		LR
	2017		LR

Election results[]

2017[]

Results of the 11 June and 18 June 2017 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 5th Constituency^[1]
Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Antoine Herth	The Republicans	LR	16,842	37.59	19,508	54.14
	Gérard Simler	Regionalist	REG	7,547	16.85	16,522	45.86
	Eliane Klein	National Front	FN	7,126	15.91
	Caroline Reys	Ecologist	ECO	4,059	9.06
	Janig Terrier	La France Insoumise	FI	3,739	8.35
	Christian Dantz	Ecologist	ECO	1,482	3.31
	Daniel Weber	Ecologist	ECO	990	2.21
	Christine Beccari	Debout la France	DLF	975	2.18
	Christine Romanus	Communist Party	PCF	414	0.92
	Patrick Dutter	Far Left	EXG	414	0.92
	Candice Vetroff	Independent	DIV	371	0.83
	Eric Gautier	Far Right	EXD	308	0.69
	Eric Lapp-Lauth	Independent	DIV	283	0.63
	Feridun Ulusoy	Independent	DIV	252	0.56

Total				44,802	100%	36,030	100%

Registered voters				103,986		103,986
Blank/Void ballots				1,779	3.82%	3,318	8.43%
Turnout				46,581	44.80%	39,348	37.84%
Abstentions				57,405	55.20%	64,638	62.16%

Result						LR GAIN FROM UMP

2012[]

Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 5th Constituency^[2]
Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Antoine Herth	Union for a Presidential Majority	UMP	26,404	49.31	32,063	67.78
	Daniel Ehret	Europe Ecology - The Greens	EELV	11,888	22.20	15,244	32.22
	Christian Cotelle	National Front	FN	10,306	19.25
	Michel Gilardeau	The Centre for France	CEN	1,399	2.61
	Ariane Henry	Left Front	FG	1,362	2.54
	Daniel Webber	Ecologist	ECO	1,080	2.02
	Patrick Dutter	Far Left	EXG	556	1.04
	Christophe Palisser	Other	AUT	547	1.02
	Emmanuel Wingender	Other	AUT	0	0.00

Total				53,542	100%	47,307	100%

Registered voters				98,427		98,427
Blank/Void ballots				977	1.79%	1,652	3.37%
Turnout				54,519	55.39%	48,959	49.74%
Abstentions				43,908	44.61%	49,468	50.26%

Result						UMP HOLD

2007[]

Antoine Herth 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 5th Constituency^[3]
Candidate		Party		1st round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%
	Antoine Herth	Union for a Popular Movement	UMP	31,277	58.01
	Danièle Meyer	UDF-Democratic Movement	UDF-MoDem	6,812	12.63
	Christiane Hamman	Socialist Party	PS	5,566	10.32
	Christian Cotelle	National Front	FN	3,606	6.69
	Michèle Gartner	The Greens	LV	1,885	3.50
	Clément Renaudet	Ecologist	ECO	1,258	2.33
	Monique Funck	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	742	1.38
	Patrick Dutter	Far Left	EXG	715	1.33
	Marie-Claude Richez	Far Left	EXG	680	1.26
	Auguste Bildstein	Independent	DIV	452	0.84
	Edmond Guillet	Far Right	EXD	374	0.69
	Jean-Louis Kubiack	Communist Party	PCF	339	0.63
	Gabrielle Domin	Miscellaneous Left	DVG	213	0.40

Total				53,919	100%

Registered voters				99,091
Blank/Void ballots				1,434	2.59%
Turnout				55,353	55.86%
Abstentions				43,738	44.14%

Result				UMP HOLD

2002[]

Results of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 5th Constituency^[4]
Candidate		Party		1st round		2nd round
Candidate		Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Antoine Herth	Union for a Presidential Majority	UMP	14,242	26.82	22,592	56.93
	Alfred Becker	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	12,895	24.28	17,086	43.07
	Christian Cotelle	National Front	FN	7,335	13.81
	Christiane Hamman	Socialist Party	PS	7,215	13.59
	Gerard Simler	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	4,726	8.90
	Michele Gartner	The Greens	LV	1,556	2.93
	Christian Dantz	Ecologist	ECO	846	1.59
	Christian Hager	National Republican Movement	MNR	799	1.50
	Patrick Dutter	Workers’ Struggle	LO	788	1.48
	Laure Kretz	Republican Pole	PR	544	1.02
	Christian Jaeg	Miscellaneous Right	DVD	420	0.79
	Michel Schulz	Movement for France	MPF	408	0.77
	Francois Waag	Regionalist	REG	355	0.67
	Andre Hemmerle	Communist Party	PCF	343	0.65
	Remi Freixinos	Independent	DIV	259	0.49
	Cyrille Hurstel	Independent	DIV	209	0.39
	Christian Pierrat	Ecologist	ECO	164	0.31

Total				53,104	100%	39,668	100%

Registered voters				92,990		92,984
Blank/Void ballots				1,591	2.91%	4,315	9.81%
Turnout				54,695	58.82%	43,983	47.30%
Abstentions				38,295	41.18%	49,001	52.70%

Result						UMP GAIN FROM UDF

Sources[]

[1] "Résultats des élections législatives 2017".

[2] "Résultats des élections législatives 2012".

[3] "Résultats des élections législatives 2007".

[4] "Résultats des élections législatives 2002".

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French National Assembly constituency
Bas-Rhin's 5th Constituency shown within Alsace
Bas-Rhin in France
Deputy	Antoine Herth LR
Department	Bas-Rhin
Cantons	Barr, Benfeld, Erstein, Marckolsheim, Obernai, Sélestat
Registered voters	98,427