Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency

1st constituency of the Haut-Rhin
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Haut-Rhin's 1st Constituency shown within Alsace
Haut-Rhin in France
Deputy
Brigitte Klinkert
RE
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
CantonsAndolsheim, Colmar-Nord, Colmar-Sud, Neuf-Brisach.
Registered voters74,091

The 1st constituency of the Haut-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Haut-Rhin département.

Description

The seat includes the town of Colmar and then stretches eastwards towards the Rhine which forms the border with Germany. The seat has followed the historic pattern of Alsace by supporting parties of the right over the PS and its allies.

Historic Representation

Election Member Party
1958 Edmond Borocco UNR
1962
1967 UDR
1968
1973 Justin Haussherr CDP
1978 Jean-Paul Fuchs UDF
1981
1986 Proportional representation - no election by constituency
1988 Edmond Gerrer UDF
1993 Gilbert Meyer RPR
1997
2002 UMP
2007 Éric Straumann
2012
2017 LR
2020 Yves Hemedinger
2022 Brigitte Klinkert RE

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DLF Syrielle Couval 591 1.20 −1.47
LR Yves Hemedinger 6,547 13.32 −7.25
LO Gilles Schaffar 341 0.69 N/A
PS (NFP) Aïcha Fritsch 8,727 17.75 +3.01
RN Laurent Gnaedig 16,833 34.24 +17.04
REC Ariane Bischogg-Batma 174 0.35 −2.88
RE (Ensemble) Brigitte Klinkert 14,945 30.40 −4.18
UL Thiébault Zitvogel 1,007 2.05 0
Turnout 49,165 97.92 +53.62
Registered electors 78,987
2nd round result
RE Brigitte Klinkert 28,349 58.14 +7.93
RN Laurent Gnaedig 20,411 41.86 N/A
Turnout 48,760 95.74 +57.14
Registered electors 79,005
RE hold Swing

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LREM (Ensemble) Brigitte Klinkert 11,791 34.58 +8.34
LR (UDC) Yves Hemedinger 7,014 20.57 -17.21
RN Steven Schoenbeck 5,866 17.20 +5.78
PS (NUPÉS) Aïcha Fritsch 5,027 14.74 +4.47
REC Ariane Bischoff Batma 1,103 3.23 N/A
DLF (UPF) Cyrielle Couval 909 2.67 +1.53
MDP Paul Martin 831 2.44 N/A
UL (REG) Thiébault Zitvogel 700 2.05 −1.03
Others N/A 861 - −
Turnout 34,102 44.30 −2.47
2nd round result
LREM (Ensemble) Brigitte Klinkert 14,141 50.21 +16.62
LR (UDC) Yves Hemedinger 28,163 49.79 −16.62
Turnout 28,163 38.60 −1.31
LREM gain from LR

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2020 by-election

The deputy, Éric Straumann, was appointed Mayor of Colmar in 2020.[4] This triggered the accumulation of mandates rule, so he left the National Assembly. His substitute candidate, Brigitte Klinkert, was Minister Delegate for Economic Inclusion, so a by-election was called.

2020 by-election: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LR Yves Hemedinger 6,944 45.39 +7.61
EELV Frédéric Hilbert 3,600 23.53 +18.92
RN Christian Zimmermann 2,148 14.04 +2.62
DIV Michel Clog 1,196 7.82 N/A
DLF Pascal Tschaen 588 3.84 N/A
DIV Jean-Frédéric Baechler 479 3.13 N/A
Far left Gilles Schaffar 311 2.03 N/A
Others N/A 32
Turnout 15,703 20.31 −26.46
2nd round result
LR Yves Hemedinger 8,933 63.67 −2.74
EELV Frédéric Hilbert 5,097 36.33 N/A
Turnout 14,624 18.92 −20.99
LR hold

2017

Legislative Election 2017: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LR Éric Straumann 13,444 37.78
LREM Stéphanie Villemin 9,339 26.24
FN Marie-Hélène De Lacoste Laretmondie 4,063 11.42
LFI Didier Ottermann 1,901 5.34
EELV Frédéric Hilbert 1,642 4.61
REG Nadia Hoog (Unser Land) 1,096 3.08
DVD Philippe Rogala 1,015 2.85
Others N/A 3,084
Turnout 35,584 46.77
2nd round result
LR Éric Straumann 20,163 66.41
LREM Stéphanie Villemin 10,199 33.59
Turnout 30,362 39.91
LR hold

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Éric Straumann 14,495 35.41
PS Victorine Valentin 9,005 22.00
DVD Gilbert Meyer 7,739 18.91
FN Vincent Wiss 5,375 13.13
EELV Frédéric Hilbert 1,241 3.03
DIV Antoine Walter 985 2.41
Others N/A 2,093
Turnout 40,933 55.25
2nd round result
UMP Éric Straumann 22,753 62.21
PS Victorine Valentin 13,823 37.79
Turnout 36,576 49.37
UMP gain from DVD

2007

Legislative Election 2007: Haut-Rhin's 1st Constituency 2nd round
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DVD Éric Straumann 24,298 66.05
UMP Gilbert Meyer 12492 33.95
Turnout 41,528 57.73
DVD hold Swing

2002

Results of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Haut-Rhin’s 1st Constituency[5]
Candidate Party 1st round
Votes %
Gilbert Meyer Union for a Presidential Majority UMP 20,935 52.13
Monique Marchal Socialist Party PS 8,376 20.86
Bruno Haebig National Front FN 5,031 12.53
Frederic Hilbert The Greens LV 1,395 3.47
Rene Becker National Republican Movement MNR 1,128 2.81
Brigitte Courteville Independent DIV 600 1.49
Gerard Probst Ecologist ECO 564 1.40
Christian Rousset Workers’ Struggle LO 546 1.36
Lydia Lacentra Movement for France MPF 536 1.33
Mathieu Lavarenne Republican Pole PR 506 1.26
Eliane Lodwitz Communist Party PCF 342 0.85
Vincent Wischlen Miscellaneous Right DVD 203 0.51
Total 40,162 100%
Registered voters 68,320
Blank/Void ballots 1,007 2.45%
Turnout 41,169 60.26%
Abstentions 27,151 39.74%
Result UMP GAIN FROM RPR

Sources

  1. ^ "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans le Haut-Rhin". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Municipales 2020 Colmar : Straumann au bout, sans surprise". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace. 28 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2002".