Territoire-de-Belfort's 2nd constituency

2nd constituency of Territoire-de-Belfort

French National Assembly constituency
Territoire-de-Belfort's 2nd Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.
Deputy	Michel Zumkeller PRV
Department	Territoire-de-Belfort
Canton	Belfort-Nord, Belfort-Ouest, Belfort-Sud, Châtenois-les-Forges, Giromagny, Offemont, Rougemont-le-Château, Valdoie.
Voters	47,774

The 2nd constituency of Territoire-de-Belfort is a French legislative constituency in the Territoire-de-Belfort département.

Description

The 2nd constituency of Territoire-de-Belfort includes most of Belfort itself as well as the territory in the north west of the department.

The constituency is notable for being the home seat of former Interior Minister Jean-Pierre Chevènement, who left the Socialist Party to found the Citizens' Movement in 1993.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1978	Raymond Forni	PS
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Pierre Chevènement	PS
	1988	Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz	PS
	1991	Jean-Pierre Chevènement	PS
	1993		MDC
	1997	Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz	MDC
	2000	Jean-Pierre Chevènement	MDC
	2002	Michel Zumkeller	PRV

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Territoire-de-Belfort 2nd Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Radical	Michel Zumkeller	13,741	51.61
	Miscellaneous left	Etienne Butzbach	12,886	48.39
Turnout			18,139	58.90
	Radical hold		Swing

Sources

Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).