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
Department	Territoire-de-Belfort
Cantons	Belfort-Nord, Belfort-Ouest, Belfort-Sud, Châtenois-les-Forges, Giromagny, Offemont, Rougemont-le-Château, Valdoie.
Registered voters	47,774

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

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

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).