Moselle's 5th constituency
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Moselle's 5th Constituency shown within Lorraine.
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| Department | Moselle | ||
| Canton | Bitche, Rohrbach-lès-Bitche, Sarralbe, Sarreguemines, Sarreguemines-Campagne, Volmunster. | ||
| Voters | 74,623 | ||
The 5th constituency of Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Moselle département.
Description
The 5th Constituency of Moselle occupies a finger of territory jutting eastwards from the main body of the Department, bordered to the north by Germany and to the south by Bas-Rhin. Almost entirely rural the constituency includes a large part of the Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park.
The seat has elected conservatives throughout the Fifth Republic save for between 1997 and 2002 when Socialist Gilbert Maurer captured it.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1958 | Jean Seitlinger | MRP | |
| 1958 | Etienne Hinsberger | UNR | |
| 1973 | Jean Seitlinger | UDF | |
| 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | ||
| 1988 | Jean Seitlinger | UDF | |
| 1997 | Gilbert Maurer | PS | |
| 2002 | Céleste Lett | UMP | |
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| UMP | Céleste Lett | 21,721 | 60.24 | ||
| PS | Angèle Dufflo | 14,334 | 39.76 | ||
| Turnout | 50.71 | 37,840 | |||
| UMP hold | Swing | ||||
Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
