Haut-Rhin's 5th constituency

5th constituency of the Haut-Rhin
French National Assembly ; constituency
	Haut-Rhin's 5th Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy
	Olivier Becht; Agir
Department	Haut-Rhin
Cantons	Mulhouse Ouest, Mulhouse Sud, Mulhouse Est, Habsheim
Registered voters	77,489

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

Description[]

The constituency is composed almost entirely by the city of Mulhouse with only the addition of the Canton of Habsheim to the east beyond its immediate boundaries.

Unlike other constituencies in Haut-Rhin the 5th has returned left-wing candidates on no less than four occasions. It has, however, now been held by the UMP for three successive elections.

Historic Representation[]

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Émile Muller	SFIO
	1962		UNR
	1978	Émile Muller	UDF
	1981	Jean-Marie Bockel	PS
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Marie Bockel	PS
	1993		UDF
	1997	Jean-Marie Bockel	PS
	2002	Arlette Grosskost	UMP
	2017	Olivier Becht	DVD

Election results[]

2017[]

Legislative Election 2017: Haut-Rhin's 5th constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LREM	Cécile Lehr	11,043	32.94
	DVD	Olivier Becht	10,211	30.46
	FN	Christelle Ritz	4,097	12.22
	FI	Geneviève Enggasser	2,469	7.37
	Regionalists	Ghislaine Rough Dit Gaillard (Unser Land)	1,188	3.54
	EELV	Florence Peter	1,106	3.30
	PS	Abdellatif Timdouine	838	2.50

	Others	N/A	2,571
Turnout			33,523	43.26
2nd round result
	DVD	Olivier Becht	16,807	57.69
	LREM	Cécile Lehr	12,327	42.31
Turnout			29,134	37.60
	DVD gain from LR

Source:^[1]

2012[]

Legislative Election 2012: Haut-Rhin's 5th constituency^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UMP	Arlette Grosskost	16,288	39.89
	PS	Pierre Freyburger	13,802	33.80
	FN	Ludovic De Danne	6,845	16.76
	EELV	Djamila Sonzogni	1,381	3.38
	MoDem	Emmanuelle Suarez	874	2.14
	FG	Alne Parmentier	856	2.10

	Others	N/A	790
Turnout			40,836	51.79
2nd round result
	UMP	Arlette Grosskost	21,733	55.76
	PS	Pierre Freyburger	17,246	44.24
Turnout			38,979	49.44
	UMP hold

2007[]

Legislative Election 2007: Haut-Rhin's 5th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UMP	Arlette Grosskost	14,977	56.27
	PS		11,641	43.73
Turnout			27,618	50.65
	UMP hold		Swing

2002[]

Legislative Election 2002: Haut-Rhin's 5th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UMP	Arlette Grosskost	15,816	55.87
	PS	Jean-Marie Bockel	12,491	44.13
Turnout			29,167	56.34
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources[]

^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). French Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

[1] "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). French Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

[2012int-2] "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

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