Territoire de Belfort's 2nd constituency

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

2nd constituency of Territoire-de-Belfort
French National Assembly
constituency
Territoire-de-Belfort's 2nd Constituency shown within Franche-Comté.
Deputy
 Michel Zumkeller
PRV
DepartmentTerritoire-de-Belfort
CantonsBelfort-Nord, Belfort-Ouest, Belfort-Sud, Châtenois-les-Forges, Giromagny, Offemont, Rougemont-le-Château, Valdoie.
Registered voters47,774

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
ElectionMemberParty
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

2017
Legislative Election 2017: Territoire de Belfort's 2nd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LREM Bruno Kern 6,836 29.89
UDI Michel Zumkeller 5,386 23.55
FN Laila Leroy 3,511 15.35
FI Laurent Soler 2,644 11.56
EELV Vincent Jeudy 1,486 6.50
PS Maude Clavequin 1,357 5.93
DLF Jean-Christophe Muringer 506 2.21
Others N/A 1,142
Turnout 22,868 48.14
2nd round result
UDI Michel Zumkeller 9,815 53.84
LREM Bruno Kern 8,415 46.16
Turnout 18,230 38.38
UDI gain from PRV

2012
Legislative Election 2012: Territoire de Belfort's 2nd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PRV Michel Zumkeller 8,502 30.34
DVG Etienne Butzbach 8,403 29.99
FN Isabelle Roy 4,921 17.56
DVG Marie-José Fleury 1,862 6.64
FG Emmanuel Petitjean 1,377 4.91
EELV Vincent Jeudy 1,163 4.15
MoDem Jean-Christophe Messin 778 2.78
DIV Bachir Bouhmadou 593 2.12
Others N/A 425
Turnout 28,024 58.65
2nd round result
PRV Michel Zumkeller 13,741 51.61
DVG Etienne Butzbach 12,886 48.39
Turnout 26,627 55.74
PRV gain from UMP

2007
Legislative Election 2007: Territoire de Belfort's 2nd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Michel Zumkeller 12,380 43.15
MRC Jean-Pierre Chevènement 7,467 26.03
PS Alain Dreyfus-Schmidt 2,081 7.25
FN Sylvianne Schott 1,488 5.19
LV Jean Siron 1,279 4.46
MoDem Sebastien Astorga 1,238 4.32
EXG Marie-Christine Welfele 650 2.27
Others N/A 2,106
Turnout 29,363 61.83
2nd round result
UMP Michel Zumkeller 15,701 54.48
MRC Jean-Pierre Chevènement 13,119 45.52
Turnout 30,385 63.99
UMP hold

2002
Legislative Election 2002: Territoire de Belfort's 2nd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UMP Michel Zumkeller 7,560 25.65
PR Jean-Pierre Chevènement 6,338 21.50
PS Yves Ackermann 5,531 18.77
FN Marie-Thérèse Munnier 4,854 16.47
UDF Lionel Courbey 1,815 6.16
LV Céline Raigneau 1,003 3.40
LO Gerard Belot 592 2.01
Others N/A 1,782
Turnout 30,292 65.91
2nd round result
UMP Michel Zumkeller 14,543 53.42
PR Jean-Pierre Chevènement 12,679 46.58
Turnout 29,615 64.44
UMP gain from MRC

1997
Legislative Election 1997: Territoire de Belfort's 2nd constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MRC Jean-Pierre Chevènement 12,339 40.48
FN Michel Algrin 6,228 20.43
UDF Jacques Bichet 6,043 19.82
LV Jean-Jacques Mettetal 2,143 7.03
PCF Daniel Couqueberg 1,503 4.93
LO Gérard Belot 1,291 4.23
DVD Christine Roussel 938 3.08
Turnout 32,129 71.73
2nd round result
MRC Jean-Pierre Chevènement 17,720 55.30
UDF Jacques Bichet 8,346 26.04
FN Michel Algrin 5,979 18.66
Turnout 33,652 75.15
MRC hold

Sources

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

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