The 2nd constituency of the Bas-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...

Description

The constituency includes the southern and eastern suburbs of Strasbourg stretching to the border with

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. The majority of the seat is contained within the town of Strasbourg, however it also contains a substantial portion of the Commune of

Illkirch-Graffenstaden Illkirch-Graffenstaden () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is the second-largest suburb of the city of Strasbourg, and is adjacent to it on the south-southwest. Illkirch-Graffenstaden is one of the ...

. Three of the five cantons are held by the PS. Parties of the right have generally held the seat during the Fifth Republic, however the PS has captured the seat on two occasions most recently in

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. After being won by the centrist

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party in

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, it was gained by the left-wing LFI as part of the

NUPES The New Ecological and Social People's Union (french: Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale, link=no, NUPES) is a left-wing alliance of political parties in France. Formed on May Day 2022, the alliance includes La France Insoumise (LFI ...

alliance in

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Historic Representation

Election results

2022

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2017

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Candidate ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Party ! colspan="2" , 1st round ! colspan="2" , 2nd round , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! width="75" , Votes ! width="30" , % ! width="75" , Votes ! width="30" , % , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Sylvain Waserman , style="text-align:left;" , La République En Marche! , LREM , , 35.06 , , 58.53 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Philippe Bies , style="text-align:left;" ,

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

, PS , , 12.79 , , 41.47 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Christine Kaidi , style="text-align:left;" ,

La France Insoumise La France Insoumise (FI or LFI; ; "France Unbowed") is a left-wing populist political party in France, launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG). It aims ...

, FI , , 12.28 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Philippe Maurer , style="text-align:left;" ,

Miscellaneous Right Miscellaneous right (', ''DVD'') in France refers to right-wing candidates who are not members of any large party. This can include members of small right-wing parties, dissidents expelled from their party for running against their party's candi ...

, DVD , , 10.93 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Julia Abraham , style="text-align:left;" , National Front , FN , , 9.07 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Pascale Jurdant-Pfeiffer , style="text-align:left;" ,

Union of Democrats and Independents The Union of Democrats and Independents (french: Union des démocrates et indépendants, UDI) is a centre to centre-right political party in France and former electoral alliance founded on 18 September 2012 on the basis of the parliamentary grou ...

, UDI , , 6.42 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Leyla Binici , style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist , ECO , , 4.33 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Alexandre Spinner , style="text-align:left;" , Regionalist , REG , , 3.76 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Selen Yagmur Ayyildiz , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, DIV , , 1.29 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Fabienne Schnitzler , style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist , ECO , , 1.09 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Marie-Pierre Ponpon , style="text-align:left;" ,

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...

, PCF , , 0.89 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Alain Carnesecca , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.63 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Mehmet Caglar , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.56 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Yann Lucas , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.53 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Saad Brahimi , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.37 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Total , , 100% , , 100% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Registered voters , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Blank/Void ballots , , 1.15% , , 8.97% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 47.89% , , 39.11% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 52.11% , , 60.89% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result , colspan="2" style="background-color:" , REM GAIN FROM PS

2012

, PS , , 37.62 , , 52.25 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Philippe Maurer , style="text-align:left;" ,

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right List of political parties in France, political party in France that was one of the two major party, major contemporary political pa ...

, UMP , , 34.04 , , 47.75 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Xavier Codderens , style="text-align:left;" , National Front , FN , , 12.41 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Eric Schultz , style="text-align:left;" ,

Europe Ecology - The Greens Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entire ...

, EELV , , 6.10 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Antoine Splet , style="text-align:left;" , Left Front , FG , , 4.10 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Pascale Tussing , style="text-align:left;" , The Centre for France , CEN , , 2.28 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Dimitri Breiner , style="text-align:left;" ,

Other Other often refers to: * Other (philosophy), a concept in psychology and philosophy Other or The Other may also refer to: Film and television * ''The Other'' (1913 film), a German silent film directed by Max Mack * ''The Other'' (1930 film), a ...

, AUT , , 1.12 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Baptiste Caillat , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVD , , 0.76 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Aurélien Dumez , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.51 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Roland Robert , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.38 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Patrick Saule , style="text-align:left;" ,

, AUT , , 0.30 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Elisabeth Del Grande , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.27 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Total , , 100% , , 100% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Registered voters , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Blank/Void ballots , , 0.86% , , 2.08% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 52.68% , , 51.61% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 47.32% , , 48.39% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result , colspan="2" style="background-color:" , PS GAIN FROM UMP

2007

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Candidate ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Party ! colspan="2" , 1st round ! colspan="2" , 2nd round , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! width="75" , Votes ! width="30" , % ! width="75" , Votes ! width="30" , % , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Philippe Maurer , style="text-align:left;" , Union for a Presidential Majority , UMP , , 38.87 , , 51.32 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Philippe Bies , style="text-align:left;" ,

, PS , , 25.56 , , 48.68 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Pascale Jurdant-Pfeiffer , style="text-align:left;" , UDF-Democratic Movement , UDF-MoDem , , 13.68 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Yann Wehrling , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, LV , , 5.91 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Xavier Codderens , style="text-align:left;" , National Front , FN , , 4.53 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Francis Lalanne , style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist , ECO , , 3.51 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jean-Baptiste Metz , style="text-align:left;" ,

, PCF , , 1.49 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Mohamed Er Rachidi , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 1.20 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Philippe Morel , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.98 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , François-Joseph Mayer , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.79 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Roland Robert , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.77 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Géraldine Grün Nevers , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVD , , 0.74 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Patrick Beaufrere , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVD , , 0.54 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Armand Tenesso , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.49 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Valérie Broussolle , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.36 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Michèle Depret , style="text-align:left;" ,

Miscellaneous Left Miscellaneous left (', ''DVG'') in France refers to left-wing candidates who are not members of any party or a member of party that has no elected seats. They include either small left-wing parties or dissidents expelled from their parties for ru ...

, DVG , , 0.28 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , François Bunner , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.28 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Total , , 100% , , 100% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Registered voters , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Blank/Void ballots , , 0.91% , , 2.22% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 53.60% , , 51.12% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 46.40% , , 48.88% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result , colspan="2" style="background-color:" , UMP HOLD

2002

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Candidate ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Party ! colspan="2" , 1st round ! colspan="2" , 2nd round , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! width="75" , Votes ! width="30" , % ! width="75" , Votes ! width="30" , % , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Marc Reymann , style="text-align:left;" , Union for a Presidential Majority , UMP , , 38.99 , , 50.52 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Roland Reis , style="text-align:left;" ,

, PS , , 33.39 , , 49.48 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Robert Spieler , style="text-align:left;" , Far Right , EXD , , 12.84 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Christine Panzer , style="text-align:left;" ,

, LV , , 4.03 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , J. Claude Petitdemange , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVG , , 3.64 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Gregory Bisiaux , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVG , , 1.76 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Francois Bunner , style="text-align:left;" ,

Republican Pole The Citizen and Republican Movement ( French: ''Mouvement républicain et citoyen'') is a political party in France. The party replaced in 2002 the Citizens' Movement (''Mouvement des citoyens'', MDC) founded by Jean-Pierre Chevènement, who l ...

, PR , , 1.09 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , J. Baptiste Metz , style="text-align:left;" ,

, PCF , , 1.01 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , M. Claude Richez , style="text-align:left;" , Revolutionary Communist League , LCR , , 0.91 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Valerie Broussole , style="text-align:left;" , Far Left , EXG , , 0.86 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Roland Robert , style="text-align:left;" , Workers’ Struggle , LO , , , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , J. Yves Rognon , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.50 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Alexis Dubois , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DIV , , 0.25 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Total , , 100% , , 100% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Registered voters , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Blank/Void ballots , , 1.21% , , 2.26% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 59.60% , , 54.99% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 40.40% , , 45.01% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result , colspan="2" style="background-color:" , UMP GAIN FROM UDF

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002:
Résultats électoraux officiels en France
(in French). {{French National Assembly constituencies 2