Moselle's 4th constituency

The 4th constituency of Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Moselle département.

4th constituency of Moselle

French National Assembly constituency
Moselle's 4th Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Fabien Di Filippo LR
Department	Moselle
Cantons	Albestroff, Château-Salins, Delme, Dieuze, Fénétrange, Grostenquin, Lorquin, Phalsbourg, Réchicourt-le-Château, Sarrebourg, Vic-sur-Seille
Registered voters	81,175

Description

Moselle's 4th constituency covers the areas in the south east of the department, it is the largest in terms of area in Moselle. It is bordered to the south by Meurthe-et-Moselle and to the east by Haut-Rhin.

The constituency has normally been held by conservative parties throughout the Fifth Republic with the exception of the fourteen years between 1988 and 2002 when it has held by Aloyse Warhouver.

The constituency is also notable for being the home seat of former Prime Minister Pierre Messmer.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
	1958	Georges Thomas	MRP
	1962	Henri Karcher	UNR
	1967	Georges Thomas	MRP
	1968	Pierre Messmer	UNR
	1978		RPR
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	Aloyse Warhouver	DVG
	2002	Alain Marty	UMP
	2017	Fabien Di Filippo	LR

Election results

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Mathilde Huchot	REM	10,198	27.27	14,102	46.71
	Fabien Di Filippo	LR	6,976	18.65	16,089	53.29
	Amélie de La Rochère	FN	6,853	18.32
	Patrick Reichheld	DVD	3,544	9.48
	Emmanuel Riehl	DIV	2,593	6.93
	Catherine Grosse	FI	2,234	5.97
	Rémy Hamant	PS	1,229	3.29
	Brigitte Albertus	ECO	959	2.56
	Didier Conte	DLF	742	1.98
	Cédric Soualmia	DVD	691	1.85
	Philippe Mouraux	REG	417	1.11
	Hélène Girardot	PCF	379	1.01
	Simon Giessinger	DIV	263	0.70
	Pierre Nordemann	EXG	220	0.59
	Norbert Degrelle	EXD	102	0.27
	Lise Gerdil	DVD		0.00
Votes			37,400	100.00	30,191	100.00
Valid votes			37,400	97.31	30,191	89.58
Blank votes			793	2.06	2,668	7.92
Null votes			239	0.62	844	2.50
Turnout			38,432	47.17	33,703	41.37
Abstentions			43,049	52.83	47,773	58.63
Registered voters			81,481		81,476
Source: Ministry of the Interior

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 4th constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UMP	Alain Marty	18,362	39.80
	PS	Jean-Yves Schaff	13,471	29.20
	FN	Cassandre Fristot	11,180	24.23
	FG	Estelle Gallot	1,454	3.15
	Others	N/A	1,670
Turnout			46,137	56.83
2nd round result
	UMP	Alain Marty	19,273	41.39
	PS	Jean-Yves Schaff	15,940	34.23
	FN	Cassandre Fristot	11,356	24.39
Turnout			46,569	57.37
	UMP hold

Sources

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