# Bas-Rhin's 6th constituency

The 6th constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Bas-Rhin département.

## Description

The 6th Constituency of Bas-Rhin covers the mid Western portion of the Département including the entire Arrondissement of Molsheim but also Obernai from the Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein.
The constituency includes the small towns of Molsheim and Wasselonne as well as a portion of the eastern fringes of the Vosges Mountains.
The constituency had been held by parties of the right and centre right for its entire existence during the 5th Republic until 2022, when it was gained by the centrist MoDem party.

## Historic representation

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1958 | Henri Meck | MRP |
| | 1962 | Henri Meck | CD |
| | 1967 | Gérard Lehn | UDR |
| | 1968 | Gérard Lehn | UDR |
| | 1973 | Jean-Marie Caro | UDF |
| | 1978 | Jean-Marie Caro | UDF |
| | 1981 | Jean-Marie Caro | UDF |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Jean-Marie Caro | UDF |
| | 1993 | Alain Ferry | PR |
| | 1997 | Alain Ferry | PR |
| | 2002 | Alain Ferry | PR |
| | 2007 | Alain Ferry | PR |
| | 2012 | Laurent Furst | UMP |
| | 2017 | Laurent Furst | LR |
| | 2020 | Philippe Meyer | LR |
| | 2022 | Louise Morel | MoDem |

## Election results
### 2024

Legislative Election 2024: Bas-Rhin's 6th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DLF | Patricia Marle | 634 | 0.97 | N/A |
| | DIV | Ryan Geyer | 79 | 0.12 | N/A |
| | LÉ–EELV (NFP) | Didier Andres | 10,076 | 15.35 | −1.26 |
| | LR | Jean Biehler | 8,739 | 13.31 | −7.10 |
| | LO | René Camus | 362 | 0.55 | N/A |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Louise Morel | 18,228 | 27.76 | +2.41 |
| | RN | Vincent Coussedière | 25,275 | 38.50 | +15.85 |
| | REC | Sabrina Ritter | 494 | 0.75 | −2.18 |
| | UL | Carine Hamm | 1,770 | 2.70 | −2.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,657 | 98.09 | +51.85 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 98,222 | | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | MoDem | Louise Morel | 35,890 | 55.02 | −2.88 |
| | RN | Vincent Coussedière | 29,338 | 44.98 | +2.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,228 | 96.13 | +52.51 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 99,281 | | |
| | MoDem hold | MoDem hold | Swing | | |

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Bas-Rhin's 6th constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Louise Morel | 11,267 | 25.35 | -4.13 |
| | RN | Jean-Frédéric Steinbach | 10,065 | 22.65 | +8.85 |
| | LR (UDC) | Philippe Meyer | 9,069 | 20.41 | −15.80 |
| | EELV (NUPÉS) | Martine Marchal-Minazzi | 7,380 | 16.61 | +5.12 |
| | UL (REG) | Carine Hamm | 2,488 | 5.60 | +0.44 |
| | REC | Sabrina Ritter | 1,300 | 2.93 | N/A |
| | DVE | Véronique Grussi | 1,272 | 2.86 | N/A |
| | Others | N/A | 1,597 | - | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,438 | 46.24 | −2.82 |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | MoDem (Ensemble) | Louise Morel | 23,080 | 57.90 | +20.50 |
| | RN | Jean-Frédéric Steinbach | 16,785 | 42.10 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,865 | 43.62 | +4.54 |
| | MoDem gain from LR | MoDem gain from LR | MoDem gain from LR | MoDem gain from LR | MoDem gain from LR |

### 2017

Results of the 11 June and 18 June 2017 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 6th Constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Laurent Furst | The Republicans | LR | 16,824 | 36.21 | 24,843 | 62.60 |
| | Guy Salomon | Democratic Movement | MoDem | 13,965 | 29.48 | 14,845 | 37.40 |
| | Hombeline Du Parc | National Front | FN | 6,410 | 13.80 | | |
| | Denis Gadot | La France Insoumise | FI | 2,669 | 5.74 | | |
| | Jeanine Plaisant-Hermanns | Regionalist | REG | 2,395 | 5.16 | | |
| | Alexandre Gonçalves | Ecologist | ECO | 1,860 | 4.00 | | |
| | Martin Effenberger | Socialist Party | PS | 644 | 1.39 | | |
| | Sara Chabaane | Debout la France | DLF | 561 | 1.21 | | |
| | Régis Meyer | Independent | DIV | 408 | 0.88 | | |
| | Gilles Pfaffenhof | Independent | DIV | 277 | 0.60 | | |
| | Evelyne Monteleone | Independent | DIV | 233 | 0.50 | | |
| | Roxane Ferrez | Far Left | EXG | 202 | 0.43 | | |
| | Odile Agrafeil | Communist Party | PCF | 167 | 0.36 | | |
| | Olivier Laustriat | Independent | DIV | 114 | 0.25 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 46,459 | 100% | 39,688 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 96,039 | | 96,028 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 661 | 1.40% | 1,298 | 5.25% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,120 | 49.06% | 41,886 | 43.62% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 48,919 | 50.94% | 54,142 | 56.38% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | LR GAIN FROM UMP | LR GAIN FROM UMP |

### 2012

Laurent Furst was elected with more than 50% of the vote in the first round of voting, and therefore no second round took place.
Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 6th Constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % |
| | Laurent Furst | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 25,964 | 51.68 |
| | Brigitte Tinot | National Front | FN | 8,953 | 17.82 |
| | Astrid Scharly | Socialist Party | PS | 8,043 | 16.01 |
| | Jean Vogel | Europe Ecology - The Greens | EELV | 4,720 | 9.39 |
| | Dorothée Unterberger | Left Front | FG | 969 | 1.93 |
| | Anne-Sophie Freliger | The Centre for France | CEN | 945 | 1.88 |
| | Rémy Wendling | Other | AUT | 416 | 0.83 |
| | Jeanne-Françoise Langlade | Far Left | EXG | 232 | 0.46 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 50.242 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 91,200 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 707 | 1.39% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,949 | 55.87% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 40,251 | 44.13% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | UMP HOLD | UMP HOLD |

### 2007

Alain Ferry was elected with more than 50% of the vote in the first round of voting, and therefore no second round took place.
Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2007 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 6th Constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % |
| | Alain Ferry | Union for a Popular Movement | UMP | 31,097 | 67.38 |
| | Cédric Baillet | UDF-Democratic Movement | UDF-MoDem | 4,293 | 9.30 |
| | Marie-Madeleine Iantzen | Socialist Party | PS | 3,883 | 8.41 |
| | Nathalie Tomasi | National Front | FN | 2,444 | 5.30 |
| | Mireille Metz | The Greens | LV | 1,708 | 3.70 |
| | Valérie Acker | Far Left | EXG | 717 | 1.55 |
| | Marie-Noëlle Eastes | Ecologist | ECO | 489 | 1.06 |
| | Joël Allain | Communist Party | PCF | 410 | 0.89 |
| | Bernadette Lutz | Independent | DIV | 407 | 0.88 |
| | Jean Meyer | Far Left | EXG | 386 | 0.84 |
| | Marie Jeanne Mailley | Far Right | EXD | 319 | 0.69 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 46,153 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 80,815 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 776 | 1.65% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,929 | 58.07% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 33,886 | 41.93% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | UMP HOLD | UMP HOLD |

### 2002

Alain Ferry was elected under the Union for a Presidential Majority candidate but was a member of the Radical Party. Furthermore, he was elected with more than 50% of the vote in the first round of voting, and therefore no second round took place.
Results of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 6th Constituency :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | 1st round | 1st round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % |
| | Alain Ferry | Union for a Presidential Majority | UMP | 27,318 | 60.63 |
| | Nathalie Tomasi | National Front | FN | 6,541 | 14.52 |
| | Michele Zumstein | Socialist Party | PS | 5,836 | 12.95 |
| | Mireille Metz | The Greens | LV | 1,553 | 3.45 |
| | Daniel Schilling | National Republican Movement | MNR | 1,221 | 2.71 |
| | Bernard Goepfert | Ecologist | ECO | 693 | 1.54 |
| | Jean Meyer | Workers’ Struggle | LO | 513 | 1.14 |
| | J. Paul Fabacher | Communist Party | PCF | 455 | 1.01 |
| | Gilles Dimnet | Revolutionary Communist League | LCR | 384 | 0.85 |
| | Irene Eckmann | Republican Pole | PR | 350 | 0.78 |
| | Pascale Petermann | Independent | DIV | 190 | 0.42 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 45,054 | 100% |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 75,374 | |
| Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | Blank/Void ballots | 1,115 | 2.42% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,169 | 61.25% |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 29,205 | 38.75% |
| Result | Result | Result | Result | PR HOLD | PR HOLD |

## Sources

* ↑ "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
* ↑ "Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans le Bas-Rhin". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2022.
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2017".
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012".
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2007".
* ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2002".