Haut-Rhin's 3rd constituency

3rd constituency of the Haut-Rhin

French National Assembly constituency
Haut-Rhin's 3rd Constituency shown within Alsace.
Deputy	Jean-Luc Reitzer UMP
Department	Haut-Rhin
Canton	Altkirch, Dannemarie, Ferrette, Hirsingue, Huningue.
Voters	83,583

The 3rd constituency of the Haut-Rhin is a French legislative constituency in the Haut-Rhin département.

Description

Haut-Rhin’s 3rd Constituency covers the southern portion of the département centred on the town of Altkirch however the largest town by far with the constituency is Saint-Louis, which lies close to Basel on the border with Switzerland. The constituency includes the area historically known as Sundgau. The constituency has elected Gaullist candidates for its entire history within the Fifth Republic.

The constituency has been held by Jean-Luc Reitzer since 1988 and he was elected on the first round of voting at 2012 Election.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Joseph Perrin	UDR
	1967	Alphonse Jenn	UDR
	1973	Pierre Weisenhorn	UDR/RPR
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Luc Reitzer	RPR/UMP

Election Results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Haut-Rhin 3rd 1st Round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Jean-Luc Reitzer	25,010	54.80
	FN	Stéphanie Faesch	6,109	13.39
	Independent Ecological Movement	Antonie Waechter	4,802	10.52
	LV	Max Demond	4,230	9.27
	Miscellaneous right	Alain Koegler	1.861	4.08
	FG	Geneviève Enggasser	1,793	3.93
		Jean-Luc Koch	863	1.89
	NC	Alexandra Delaunay-Hartemann	739	1.62
	LO	Géraud Ferry	231	0.51
Turnout			46,309	55.40
	UMP hold		Swing

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