Bas-Rhin's 2nd constituency
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 Bas-Rhin's 2nd Constituency shown within Alsace. | |||
| Deputy |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Department | Bas-Rhin | ||
| Canton | Strasbourg III, Strasbourg VII, Strasbourg VIII, Strasbourg X, Illirch-Graffenstaden (part) | ||
| Voters | 71,163 | ||
The 2nd constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.
Description
The constituency includes the southern and eastern suburbs of Strasbourg stretching to the border with Germany. The majority of the seat is contained with the town of Strasbourg, however it also contains a substantial portion of the Canton of Illirch-Graffenstaden. Three of the five cantons are held by the PS. Parties of the right have generally held the seat during the Fifth Republic, however the PS has captured the seat on two occasions most recently in 2012.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | André Bord | UNR | |
| 1981 | Jean Oehler | PS | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Marc Reymann | UDF | |
| 2002 | UMP | ||
| 2007 | Jean-Philippe Maurer | UMP | |
| 2012 | Philippe Bies | PS | |
Election Results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Philippe Bies | 18,791 | 52.25 | ||
| UMP | Jean-Philippe Maurer | 17,173 | 47.75 | ||
| Turnout | 36,728 | 51.61 | |||
| PS hold | Swing | ||||
2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMP | Jean-Philippe Maurer | 13,211 | 51.32 | ||
| PS | Philippe Bies | 12,530 | 48.68 | ||
| Turnout | 26,326 | 51.12 | |||
| PS hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
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