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 Northernmost 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 was a bastion of the conservative right from the inception of the Fifth Republic until 2022. It was 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. In the 2017 election, he easily beat the LREM candidate. However, in 2022, LR lost the seat to Horizons, part of Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble Citoyens alliance.

Historic representation

ElectionMemberParty
1958François GrussenmeyerUNR
1962
1967UDR
1968
1973
1978RPR
1981
1986Proportional representation – no election by constituency
1988François GrussenmeyerRPR
1993François LoosUDF
1997
2002Frédéric ReissUMP
2007
2012
2017LR
2022Stéphanie KochertHOR
2024Théo BernhardtRN

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Bas-Rhin's 8th constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DLFStella Batisse5760.97N/A
DIVChristian Klipfel4,7317.94N/A
DVEClaire Grosheitsch7391.24−2.08
HOR (Ensemble)Stéphanie Kochert14,00623.51−1.08
LFI (NFP)Myriam Zekagh5,4329.12−0.74
LRVictor Vogt6,81811.44−10.55
LOCatherine Gsell3060.51N/A
RNThéo Bernhardt26,31344.16+17.88
RECNathan Keckenschmidt6631.11−1.89
Turnout59,58497.89+54.69
Registered electors94,678
2nd round result
RNThéo Bernhardt31,01551.44+8.08
HORStéphanie Kochert29,28448.56−7.98
Turnout60,29996.32+54.46
Registered electors94,700
RN gain from HOR

2022

Legislative Election 2022: Bas-Rhin's 8th constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RNLudwig Knoepffler10,52726.28+9.11
HOR (Ensemble)Stéphanie Kochert9,84924.59-8.39
LR (UDC)Anne Sander8,80821.99−8.21
LFI (NUPÉS)Samy Ahmed-Yahia3,9519.86+4.69
UL (REG)Bruno Jacky3,5338.82+1.08
DVEClaire Grosheitsch1,3283.32+1.54
RECSébastien Kriloff1,2003.00N/A
OthersN/A862-−
Turnout40,05843.20−3.19
2nd round result
HOR (Ensemble)Stéphanie Kochert21,37356.64+15.52
RNLudwig Knoepffler16,36543.36N/A
Turnout37,73841.86−0.62
HOR gain from LR

2017

Results of the 11 June and 18 June 2017 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 8th Constituency
CandidateParty1st round2nd round
Votes%Votes%
Christian GliechLa République En Marche!LREM14,14332.9815,40741.12
Frédéric ReissThe RepublicansLR12,95430.2022,06358.88
Gérard JanusNational FrontFN7,36317.17
Gaby HartmannRegionalistREG3,3207.74
Manuel MenetrierLa France InsoumiseFI2,0394.75
Pierre-Henri EisenschmidtDebout la FranceDLF9962.32
Perrine TorrentEcologistECO7641.78
Ambroise PerrinSocialist PartyPS5201.21
Daniel FischerIndependentDIV2280.53
Gisèle SchneiderEcologistECO2140.50
Pascal Prevost-BoureCommunist PartyPCF1790.42
Mehdi BenhlalFar LeftEXG1670.39
Total42,887100%37,470100%
Registered voters94,59094,499
Blank/Void ballots9902.26%2,6716.65%
Turnout43,87746.39%40,14142.48%
Abstentions50,71353.61%54,35857.52%
ResultLR GAIN FROM UMP

2012

Frédéric Reiss 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 8th Constituency
CandidateParty1st round
Votes%
Frédéric ReissUnion for a Popular MovementUMP26,38053.64
Diana Garnier-LangNational FrontFN10,10020.54
Nicole HabermacherSocialist PartyPS8,64817.59
Alphonse SiblerEcologistECO9461.92
Séverine CharretLeft FrontFG8701.77
Perrine TorrentEcologistECO8121.65
Laure FerrariMiscellaneous RightDVD7801.59
Pascal AschebergOtherAUT3620.74
Catherine GsellFar LeftEXG2730.56
Catherine BahlOtherAUT70.01
Total49,178100%
Registered voters92,744
Blank/Void ballots1,0062.00%
Turnout50,18454.11%
Abstentions42,56045.89%
ResultUMP HOLD

2007

Frédéric Reiss 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 8th Constituency
CandidateParty1st round
Votes%
Frédéric ReissUnion for a Popular MovementUMP25,26065.91
Thomas JoergerUDF-Democratic MovementUDF-MoDem3,4889.10
Ambroise PerrinSocialist PartyPS3,3398.71
Laurent GnaedigNational FrontFN2,7657.21
Songul KirazThe GreensLV9802.56
Héloïse ExbrayatEcologistECO5231.36
Danièle CantonFar LeftEXG4691.22
Catherine GsellFar LeftEXG4321.13
Gabriel BastainFar RightEXD3810.99
Christophe BordMiscellaneous RightDVD3470.91
Jean-Philippe MartinIndependentDIV3420.89
Total38,326100%
Registered voters70,558
Blank/Void ballots9932.53%
Turnout39,31955.73%
Abstentions31,23944.27%
ResultUMP HOLD

2002

The UMP candidate 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 8th Constituency
CandidateParty1st round
Votes%
Francois LoosUnion for a Presidential MajorityUMP23,21160.42
J. Marie FreundNational FrontFN6,00015.62
Pierre MammosserSocialist PartyPS4,99713.01
Stephane ReissThe GreensLV1,4433.76
Catherine GsellWorkers’ StruggleLO5791.51
Bruno WolffRegionalistREG5621.46
H. Pierre BapstEcologistECO4791.25
Colette MarchalEcologistECO3861.00
Catherine WagnerIndependentDIV3110.81
Frederic LemaireMovement for FranceMPF2840.74
Ralph BlindauerCommunist PartyPCF1620.42
Total38,414100%
Registered voters68,063
Blank/Void ballots1,1762.97%
Turnout39,59058.17%
Abstentions28,47341.83%
ResultUMP GAIN FROM UDF

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