Moselle's 2nd constituency

The 2nd constituency of Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Moselle département.

2nd constituency of Moselle

French National Assembly constituency
Moselle's 2nd Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Ludovic Mendes REM
Department	Moselle
Cantons	Ars-sur-Moselle, Metz-IV, Montigny-lès-Metz (part), Verny.
Registered voters	76,230

Description

Moselle's 2nd constituency includes the eastern edge of the city of Metz as well as rural areas to the south and south-west as well as most of the large suburb of Montigny-lès-Metz. The seat borders Meurthe-et-Moselle to the west and includes territory on both sides of the Moselle river.

From 1988 until 2017 the seat was held by one man, Denis Jacquat, who in 2002 switched from the UDF to the newly formed UMP of Nicolas Sarkozy. At the 2012 election the Socialists came within less than 700 votes of taking the seat.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1978	Jean Louis Masson	RPR
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Denis Jacquat	UDF
	2002		UMP
	2017	Ludovic Mendes	REM

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Ludovic Mendes	REM	11,422	33.60	14,020	52.40
	Jean François	LR	6,232	18.33	12,735	47.60
	Marie-Claude Voinçon	FN	4,962	14.59
	Claudine Poirson	FI	3,108	9.14
	Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé	UDI	2,883	8.48
	Jean-Michel Toulouze	PS	2,205	6.49
	Marie-Pierre Comte	ECO	871	2.56
	Quentin Lachenal	DIV	522	1.54
	Irma Vollmer	PCF	306	0.90
	Agnès Brossard	ECO	283	0.83
	Théo Fontaine	DIV	257	0.76
	Marc Le Clec'h	DIV	246	0.72
	Thomas Riboulet	REG	208	0.61
	Mario Rinaldi	EXG	197	0.58
	Jean Lambert	DVG	172	0.51
	Albert Dal Pozzolo	EXG	104	0.31
	Jordane Ciachera	ECO	20	0.06
	Martine Sroczynski	REG	1	0.00
Votes			33,999	100.00	26,755	100.00
Valid votes			33,999	98.13	26,755	89.72
Blank votes			487	1.41	2,325	7.80
Null votes			160	0.46	740	2.48
Turnout			34,646	45.28	29,820	38.98
Abstentions			41,867	54.72	46,687	61.02
Registered voters			76,513		76,507
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 2nd constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PS	Jean-Michel Toulouze	13,400	33.33
	UMP	Denis Jacquat	12,828	31.91
	FN	Thierry Gourlot	7,440	18.51
	NC	Nathalie Colin-Oesterle	2,284	5.68
	FG	Danielle Bori	1,577	3.92
	MoDem	Marjorie Goujon	950	2.36
	Others	N/A	1,720
Turnout			40,199	52.73
2nd round result
	UMP	Denis Jacquat	19,534	50.86
	PS	Jean-Michel Toulouze	18,875	49.14
Turnout			38,409	50.39
	UMP hold

Sources

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