Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency

1st constituency of the
Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
1st constituency of the Constituency of the ; National Assembly of France
	Haut-Rhin's 1st Constituency shown within Alsace
	Haut-Rhin in France
Deputy	Brigitte Klinkert; RE
Department	Haut-Rhin
Cantons	Andolsheim, Colmar-Nord, Colmar-Sud, Neuf-Brisach.
Registered voters	74,091
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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		UNR
	1967		UDR
	1968		UDR
	1973	Justin Haussherr	CDP
	1978	Jean-Paul Fuchs	UDF
	1981	Jean-Paul Fuchs	UDF
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Edmond Gerrer	UDF
	1993	Gilbert Meyer	RPR
	1997		RPR
	2002		UMP
	2007	Éric Straumann
	2012
	2017		LR
	2020	Yves Hemedinger	LR
	2022	Brigitte Klinkert	RE

Election results

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	NUPÉS )	Aïcha Fritsch	5,027	14.74	+4.47
	REC	Ariane Bischoff Batma	1,103	3.23	N/A
	UPF )	Cyrielle Couval	909	2.67	+1.53
	MDP	Paul Martin	831	2.44	N/A
	Unser Land (Regionalists)	Thiébault Zitvogel	700	2.05	-1.03

	Others	N/A	861	-	-
Turnout			34,102	44.30	-2.47
2nd round result
	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,

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
	Regionalists	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
	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^[3]
Candidate		Party		1st round
Candidate		Party		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

^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans le Haut-Rhin". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
^ "Municipales 2020 Colmar : Straumann au bout, sans surprise". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace. 28 June 2020.
^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2002".

[1] "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans le Haut-Rhin". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2022.

[lalsace-2] "Municipales 2020 Colmar : Straumann au bout, sans surprise". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace. 28 June 2020.

[3] "Résultats des élections législatives 2002".

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