The 5th constituency of Meurthe-et-Moselle is a French legislative

constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

in the

Meurthe-et-Moselle Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a '' département'' in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. Its prefecture and largest city is Nancy and it borders the departments of Meuse to the west, Vosges to the south, ...

''département''.

Description

Meurthe-et-Moselle's 5th Constituency consists of the south west portion of the department based around the small town of

Toul Toul () is a Communes of France, commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France, department in north-eastern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Toul is between Commercy and Nancy, Fra ...

, which lies on the river

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A sm ...

. Historically the seat has swung between right and left leaning parties. Since 1988 it has had no fewer than six different representatives, changing hands at every election with the exception of

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and

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. After the 2017 election it became the only seat held by the

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in the department. In the 2022 election, incumbent PS deputy

Dominique Potier Dominique Potier (born 17 March 1954) is a French Socialist politician who has represented Meurthe-et-Moselle's 5th constituency in the National Assembly of France since 2012. Potier was re-elected in the 2022 French legislative election Legi ...

distanced himself from the

NUPES The New Ecological and Social People's Union (, NUPES) was a left-wing electoral alliance of political parties in France. Formed on May Day 2022, the alliance included La France Insoumise (LFI), the Socialist Party (PS), the French Communist Part ...

alliance, choosing to run as an independent left candidate. However,

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rejoined the PS upon the start of the new term of the National Assembly.

Historic Representation

Election results

2024

* Vinot's result is counted against the previous result of the LR candidate in 2022

2022

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's result is counted against his previous result in swing calculations, despite his designation as DVG.

2017

2012

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Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002:
Résultats électoraux officiels en France
(in French). {{French National Assembly constituencies 5