Haut-Rhin's 3rd constituency

The 3rd constituency of the Haut-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Haut-Rhin département.

3rd constituency of the Haut-Rhin
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Constituency of the
National Assembly of France
Haut-Rhin's 3rd Constituency shown within Alsace
Deputy
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
CantonsAltkirch, Dannemarie, Ferrette, Hirsingue, Huningue.
Registered voters83,583

Description

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Haut-Rhin's 3rd Constituency covers the southern portion of the département centred on the town of Altkirch however the largest town by far with the constituency is Saint-Louis, which lies close to Basel on the border with Switzerland. The constituency includes the area historically known as Sundgau. The constituency has elected Gaullist candidates for its entire history within the Fifth Republic.

The constituency was held by Jean-Luc Reitzer from 1988 until he stood down in 2022. In the 2012 election, he was elected on the first round of voting.

Historic Representation

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Election Member Party
1958 Joseph Perrin UNR
1962
1967 Alphonse Jenn UDR
1968
1973 Pierre Weisenhorn
1978 RPR
1981
1986 Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988 Jean-Luc Reitzer RPR
1993
1997
2002 UMP
2007
2012
2017 LR
2022 Didier Lemaire HOR

Election results

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2024

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Legislative Election 2024: Haut-Rhin's 3rd constituency[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DLF Simone Fischer 579 1.03 N/A
DIV Gaëlle Cressin 785 1.40 N/A
DVE Antoine Waechter 1,563 2.79 −0.91
HOR (Ensemble) Didier Lemaire 13,980 24.93 +5.27
LFI (NFP) Bénédicte Viroulet 7,119 12.70 +0.29
LR Thomas Zeller 7,521 13.41 −4.52
LO Géraud Ferry 234 0.42 N/A
RN Christian Zimmermann 21,790 38.86 +18.48
REC Sandrine Noël 653 1.16 −2.17
UL Jean-Denis Zoellé 1,850 3.30 −1.72
Turnout 56,074 97.79 +52.95
Registered electors 87,359
2nd round result
HOR Didier Lemaire 29,028 51.92 −1.96
RN Christian Zimmermann 26,883 48.08 +1.96
Turnout 55,911 95.90 +53.38
Registered electors 87,370
HOR hold Swing

2022

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Legislative Election 2022: Haut-Rhin's 3rd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RN Christian Zimmermann 7,838 20.38 +10.23
HOR (Ensemble) Didier Lemaire 7,563 19.66 -12.18
LR (UDC) Thomas Zeller 6,894 17.93 −11.89
LFI (NUPÉS) Priscille Silva 4,774 12.41 +1.82
DIV Jean-Luc Johaneck 2,881 7.49 N/A
LREM Patrick Striby* 1,946 5.06 N/A
UL (REG) Jean-Denis Zoellé 1,930 5.02 −3.66
DVE Antoine Waechter 1,423 3.70 N/A
REC Sandrine Noel 1,279 3.33 N/A
Others N/A 1,932 -
Turnout 38,460 44.84 −0.64
2nd round result
HOR (Ensemble) Didier Lemaire 18,757 53.88 +9.03
RN Christian Zimmermann 16,053 46.12 N/A
Turnout 34,810 42.52 +2.78
HOR gain from LR

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* Striby stood as a dissident LREM member, without the support of the party or the Ensemble Citoyens coalition. His results as the LREM candidate in 2017 are counted against the official Ensemble Citoyens candidate for swing purposes.

2017

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Legislative Election 2017: Haut-Rhin's 3rd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LREM Patrick Striby 12,419 31.84
LR Jean-Luc Reitzer 11,630 29.82
FN Katia Di Leonardo 3,960 10.15
REG Hervé Ott (Unser Land) 3,387 8.68
LFI Marianne Bercot 2,195 5.63
MEI Antoine Waechter 1,936 4.96
DLF Jean-Michel Monteillet 1,052 2.70
REG Catherine Dahmane (Alsace First) 1,046 2.68
Others N/A 1,374
Turnout 38,999 45.50
2nd round result
LR Jean-Luc Reitzer 18,786 55.15
LREM Patrick Striby 15,278 44.85
Turnout 34,064 39.74
LR hold

Source:[4]

2012

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Legislative Election 2012: Haut-Rhin 3rd 1st Round[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Jean-Luc Reitzer 25,010 54.80
FN Stéphanie Faesch 6,109 13.39
MEI Antonie Waechter 4,802 10.52
LV Max Demond 4,230 9.27
DVD Alain Koegler 1.861 4.08
FG Geneviève Enggasser 1,793 3.93
Jean-Luc Koch 863 1.89
NC Alexandra Delaunay-Hartemann 739 1.62
LO Géraud Ferry 231 0.51
Turnout 46,309 55.40
UMP hold Swing

Sources

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  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. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012" [Results of 2012 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 14 May 2021.