The 2nd constituency of the Haut-Rhin 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

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (); Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; , . is a department in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine; its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less pop ...

''département'', France.

Description

This constituency in

Alsace Alsace (, ; ) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in the Grand Est administrative region of northeastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine, next to Germany and Switzerland. In January 2021, it had a population of 1,9 ...

consists of the small towns and villages to the north and west of

Colmar Colmar (; ; or ) is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Alsace region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is the seat of the prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department ...

including

Munster Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...

and

Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (; ; Alsatian: ''Màrkìrisch'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Geography Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines is located in the massif of the Vosges Mountains, where it occupie ...

. It rises into the foothills of the

Vosges Mountains The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian (linguistics), Franconian and ) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its France–Germany border, border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the bor ...

and borders

Lorraine Lorraine, also , ; ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; ; ; is a cultural and historical region in Eastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est. Its name stems from the medieval kingdom of ...

to the west. Traditionally it has been strongly conservative supporting moderate parties of the centre-right and the

Gaullist Gaullism ( ) is a French political stance based on the thought and action of World War II French Resistance leader Charles de Gaulle, who would become the founding President of the Fifth French Republic. De Gaulle withdrew French forces from t ...

RPR/

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Historic Representation

Election results

2024

2022

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2017

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2012

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2007 results required

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;" , J. Louis Christ , style="text-align:left;" , Union for a Presidential Majority , UMP , , 23.63 , , 59.60 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Pierre Hussherr , style="text-align:left;" ,

Miscellaneous Right Miscellaneous right (', ''DVD'') in France refers to centre-right or 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 thei ...

, DVD , , 12.84 , , 40.40 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Thierry Speitel , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVD , , 10.55 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Christiane Ingold , style="text-align:left;" , National Front , FN , , 10.15 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jacques Loëss , style="text-align:left;" ,

Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the Left (, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG has been a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Socialist Party (, PS). Af ...

, PRG , , 9.66 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Guy Daessle , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVD , , 9.17 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Christophe Hartmann , style="text-align:left;" ,

The Greens The Greens or Greens may refer to: Current political parties *The Greens – The Green Alternative, Austria *Australian Greens, also known as ''The Greens'' * Greens of Andorra * The Greens (Benin) *The Greens (Bulgaria) * Greens of Bosnia and He ...

, LV , , 6.63 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Christian Chaton , style="text-align:left;" , National Republican Movement , MNR , , 6.50 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Bruno Ciofi , style="text-align:left;" ,

Republican Pole The Citizen and Republican Movement ( French: ''Mouvement républicain et citoyen'') is a left-wing political party in France. The party replaced the Citizens' Movement (''Mouvement des citoyens'', MDC) in 2002. The previous party was founded b ...

, PR , , 2.59 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Guy Buecher , style="text-align:left;" , Communist Party , PCF , , 1.69 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , M. Helene Pillet , style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist , ECO , , 1.42 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Eric Talles , style="text-align:left;" ,

Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ...

, DIV , , 1.42 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Christophe Husser , style="text-align:left;" ,

Movement for France The Movement for France (, MPF; ) was a Conservatism, conservative Soft Euroscepticism, Eurosceptic List of political parties in France, French political party, founded on 20 November 1994, with a marked Regions of France, regional stronghold in ...

, MPF , , 1.36 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Vivette Michea , style="text-align:left;" , Workers’ Struggle , LO , , 1.28 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Vincent Toscani , style="text-align:left;" ,

, DVD , , 0.56 , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Dominique Monnot , style="text-align:left;" ,

Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions The Rurality Movement ( ; LMR ), formerly Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions ( ; CPNT ) is an agrarianist political party in France that aims to defend the traditional values of rural France. Its leader is Eddie Puyjalon. The party states ...

, CPNT , , 0.55 , 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 , , 2.91% , , 12.57% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Turnout , , 61.61% , , 46.64% , - , colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" , Abstentions , , 38.39% , , 53.36% , - , colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;", , - style="font-weight:bold" , colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" , Result , colspan="2" style="background-color:" , UMP HOLD

Sources

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