Bas-Rhin's 8th constituency

8th constituency of the Bas-Rhin

French National Assembly constituency
File:MapofBas-Rhin's8thConstituency.png Bas-Rhin's 8th Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy	Frédéric Reiss UMP
Department	Bas-Rhin
Canton	Lauterbourg, Seltz, Soultz-sous-Forêts, Wissembourg, Wœrth, Niederbronn-les-Bains, Bischwiller (part)
Voters	92,744

The 8th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.

Description

The 8th constituency of Bas-Rhin covers the Northern most portion of the Departement, bordering Germany to both the east and north. It includes the small town of Wissembourg on the German border as well as the surrounding countryside.

It has been a bastion of the conservative right since the inception of the Fifth Republic. It won easily by the UMP in the First round of the 2012 Election with the National Front coming a distant second some 16,000 votes behind Frédéric Reiss.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	François Grussenmeyer	UNR
	1978		RPR
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	François Grussenmeyer	RPR
	1993	François Loos	UDF
	2002	Frédéric Reiss	UMP

Election Results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Bas-Rhin's 6th Constituency 1st Round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Frédéric Reiss	26,380	53.64
	FN	Diana Garnier-Lang	10,100	20.54
	PS	Nicole Habermacher	8 648	17.59
	Independent Ecological Alliance	Alphonse Sibler	946	1.92
	FG	Séverine Charret	870	1.77
	Independent Ecological Movement	Perrine Torrent	812	1.62
	DLR	Laure Ferrari	780	1.59
	Pirate Party	Pascal Ascheberg	362	0.74
	LO	Catherine Gsell	273	0.56
	Miscellaneous left	Catherine Bahl	7	0.01
Turnout			50,184	54.11
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).