Bas-Rhin's 8th constituency

The 8th constituency of Bas-Rhin covers the Northernmost portion of the Departement, bordering (Germany) to both the east and north. It includes the small town of Wissembourg on the German border as well as the surrounding countryside.

It was a bastion of the conservative right from the inception of the Fifth Republic until 2022. It was won easily by the UMP in the first round of the 2012 election, with the National Front coming a distant second some 16,000 votes behind Frédéric Reiss. In the 2017 election, he easily beat the LREM candidate. However, in 2022, LR lost the seat to Horizons, part of Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble Citoyens alliance.

{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2024: Bas-Rhin's 8th constituency{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2024/06/19/qui-sont-les-candidats-aux-elections-legislatives-2024-decouvrez-la-liste-circonscription-par-circonscription_6241357_4355770.html |title=Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription |date=19 June 2024 |access-date=22 June 2023 |publisher=Le Monde}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives2024/ |title=Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024 |publisher=Ministry of Interior}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Debout la France

|candidate = Stella Batisse

|votes = 576

|percentage = 0.97

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Miscellaneous

|candidate = Christian Klipfel

|votes = 4,731

|percentage = 7.94

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Ecologist

|candidate = Claire Grosheitsch

|votes = 739

|percentage = 1.24

|change = -2.08

}}

{{Election box candidate for alliance|

|party = Horizons (political party)

|side = Together (coalition)

|candidate = Stéphanie Kochert

|votes = 14,006

|percentage = 23.51

|change = -1.08

}}

{{Election box candidate for alliance|

|party = La France insoumise

|side = New Popular Front

|candidate = Myriam Zekagh

|votes = 5,432

|percentage = 9.12

|change = -0.74

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = The Republicans (France)

|candidate = Victor Vogt

|votes = 6,818

|percentage = 11.44

|change = -10.55

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Workers' Struggle

|candidate = Catherine Gsell

|votes = 306

|percentage = 0.51

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Rally

|candidate = Théo Bernhardt

|votes = 26,313

|percentage = 44.16

|change = +17.88

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Reconquete

|candidate = Nathan Keckenschmidt

|votes = 663

|percentage = 1.11

|change = -1.89

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 59,584

|percentage = 97.89

|change = +54.69

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 94,678

}}

{{Election box 2nd round}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = National Rally

|candidate = Théo Bernhardt

|votes = 31,015

|percentage = 51.44

|change = +8.08

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Horizons (political party)

|candidate = Stéphanie Kochert

|votes = 29,284

|percentage = 48.56

|change = -7.98

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 60,299

|percentage = 96.32

|change = +54.46

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 94,700

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = National Rally

|loser = Horizons (political party)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=Legislative Election 2022: Bas-Rhin's 8th constituency}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=National Rally|candidate=Ludwig Knoepffler|votes=10,527|percentage=26.28|change=+9.11}}{{Election box winning candidate for alliance|party=Horizons (political party)|side=Ensemble Citoyens|candidate=Stéphanie Kochert|votes=9,849|percentage=24.59|change=-8.39}}

{{Election box candidate for alliance|party=The Republicans (France)|side=Union of the Right and Centre|candidate=Anne Sander|votes=8,808|percentage=21.99|change=-8.21}}{{Election box candidate for alliance|party=La France Insoumise|side=Nouvelle Union Populaire écologiste et sociale|candidate=Samy Ahmed-Yahia|votes=3,951|percentage=9.86|change=+4.69}}{{Election box candidate for alliance|party=Unser Land|side=Régions et Peuples Solidaires|candidate=Bruno Jacky|votes=3,533|percentage=8.82|change=+1.08}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Miscellaneous Green|candidate=Claire Grosheitsch|votes=1,328|percentage=3.32|change=+1.54}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reconquête|candidate=Sébastien Kriloff|votes=1,200|percentage=3.00|change=N/A|}}

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{{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=N/A|votes=862|percentage=-|change=-}}{{Election box turnout||votes=40,058|percentage=43.20|change=-3.19}}

{{Election box 2nd round}}

{{Election box winning candidate for alliance|party=Horizons (political party)|side=Ensemble Citoyens|candidate=Stéphanie Kochert|votes=21,373|percentage=56.64|change=+15.52}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=National Rally|candidate=Ludwig Knoepffler|votes=16,365|percentage=43.36|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=37,738|percentage=41.86|change=-0.62}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|loser=The Republicans (France)|winner=Horizons (political party)}}

{{Election box end}}{{Cite web |title=Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans le Bas-Rhin |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-elections/grand-est/bas-rhin/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Le Monde.fr |language=fr-FR}}

{{election table|title=Results of the 11 June and 18 June 2017 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 8th Constituency{{Cite web|url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017/(path)/legislatives-2017/067/06708.html|title = Résultats des élections législatives 2017}}}}

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Candidate

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party

! colspan="2" | 1st round

! colspan="2" | 2nd round

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! width="75" | Votes

! width="30" | %

! width="75" | Votes

! width="30" | %

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Christian Gliech

| style="text-align:left;" | La République En Marche!

| LREM

| {{formatnum:14143}}

| 32.98

| {{formatnum:15407}}

| 41.12

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Frédéric Reiss

| style="text-align:left;" | The Republicans

| LR

| {{formatnum:12954}}

| 30.20

| {{formatnum:22063}}

| 58.88

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|National Front (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Gérard Janus

| style="text-align:left;" | National Front

| FN

| {{formatnum:7363}}

| 17.17

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Regionalist}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Gaby Hartmann

| style="text-align:left;" | Regionalist

| REG

| {{formatnum:3320}}

| 7.74

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|La France Insoumise}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Manuel Menetrier

| style="text-align:left;" | La France Insoumise

| FI

| {{formatnum:2039}}

| 4.75

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Debout la France}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Pierre-Henri Eisenschmidt

| style="text-align:left;" | Debout la France

| DLF

| {{formatnum:996}}

| 2.32

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Ecologist}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Perrine Torrent

| style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist

| ECO

| {{formatnum:764}}

| 1.78

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Ambroise Perrin

| style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party

| PS

| {{formatnum:520}}

| 1.21

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Daniel Fischer

| style="text-align:left;" | Independent

| DIV

| {{formatnum:228}}

| 0.53

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Ecologist}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Gisèle Schneider

| style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist

| ECO

| {{formatnum:214}}

| 0.50

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|French Communist Party}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Pascal Prevost-Boure

| style="text-align:left;" | Communist Party

| PCF

| {{formatnum:179}}

| 0.42

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Far left}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Mehdi Benhlal

| style="text-align:left;" | Far Left

| EXG

| {{formatnum:167}}

| 0.39

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |

|-

| colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Total

| {{formatnum:42887}}

| 100%

| {{formatnum:37470}}

| 100%

|-

| colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters

| {{formatnum:94590}}

| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

| {{formatnum:94499}}

| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Blank/Void ballots

| {{formatnum:990}}

| 2.26%

| {{formatnum:2671}}

| 6.65%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout

| {{formatnum:43877}}

| 46.39%

| {{formatnum:40141}}

| 42.48%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions

| {{formatnum:50713}}

| 53.61%

| {{formatnum:54358}}

| 57.52%

|-

| colspan="8" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" | Result

| colspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" | LR GAIN FROM UMP

|}

Frédéric Reiss was elected with more than 50% of the vote in the first round of voting, and therefore no second round took place.

{{election table|title=Results of the 10 June and 17 June 2012 French National Assembly election in Bas-Rhin’s 8th Constituency{{Cite web|url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__LG2012/(path)/LG2012/067/06708.html|title=Résultats des élections législatives 2012}}}}

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Candidate

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party

! colspan="2" | 1st round

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! width="75" | Votes

! width="30" | %

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Frédéric Reiss

| style="text-align:left;" | Union for a Popular Movement

| UMP

| {{formatnum:26380}}

| 53.64

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|National Front (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Diana Garnier-Lang

| style="text-align:left;" | National Front

| FN

| {{formatnum:10100}}

| 20.54

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Nicole Habermacher

| style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party

| PS

| {{formatnum:8648}}

| 17.59

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Ecologist}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Alphonse Sibler

| style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist

| ECO

| {{formatnum:946}}

| 1.92

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Left Front (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Séverine Charret

| style="text-align:left;" | Left Front

| FG

| {{formatnum:870}}

| 1.77

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Ecologist}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Perrine Torrent

| style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist

| ECO

| {{formatnum:812}}

| 1.65

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Miscellaneous Right}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Laure Ferrari

| style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Right

| DVD

| {{formatnum:780}}

| 1.59

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Pascal Ascheberg

| style="text-align:left;" | Other

| AUT

| {{formatnum:362}}

| 0.74

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Far left}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Catherine Gsell

| style="text-align:left;" | Far Left

| EXG

| {{formatnum:273}}

| 0.56

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Catherine Bahl

| style="text-align:left;" | Other

| AUT

| {{formatnum:7}}

| 0.01

|-

| colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Total

| {{formatnum:49178}}

| 100%

|-

| colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters

| {{formatnum:92744}}

| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Blank/Void ballots

| {{formatnum:1006}}

| 2.00%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout

| {{formatnum:50184}}

| 54.11%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions

| {{formatnum:42560}}

| 45.89%

|-

| colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Result

| colspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" | UMP HOLD

|}

Frédéric Reiss was elected with more than 50% of the vote in the first round of voting, and therefore no second round took place.

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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Candidate

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party

! colspan="2" | 1st round

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! width="75" | Votes

! width="30" | %

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Frédéric Reiss

| style="text-align:left;" | Union for a Popular Movement

| UMP

| {{formatnum:25260}}

| 65.91

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Movement (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Thomas Joerger

| style="text-align:left;" | UDF-Democratic Movement

| UDF-MoDem

| {{formatnum:3488}}

| 9.10

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Ambroise Perrin

| style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party

| PS

| {{formatnum:3339}}

| 8.71

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|National Front (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Laurent Gnaedig

| style="text-align:left;" | National Front

| FN

| {{formatnum:2765}}

| 7.21

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|The Greens (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Songul Kiraz

| style="text-align:left;" | The Greens

| LV

| {{formatnum:980}}

| 2.56

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Ecologist}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Héloïse Exbrayat

| style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist

| ECO

| {{formatnum:523}}

| 1.36

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Far left}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Danièle Canton

| style="text-align:left;" | Far Left

| EXG

| {{formatnum:469}}

| 1.22

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Far left}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Catherine Gsell

| style="text-align:left;" | Far Left

| EXG

| {{formatnum:432}}

| 1.13

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Far right}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Gabriel Bastain

| style="text-align:left;" | Far Right

| EXD

| {{formatnum:381}}

| 0.99

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Miscellaneous Right}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Christophe Bord

| style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Right

| DVD

| {{formatnum:347}}

| 0.91

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Jean-Philippe Martin

| style="text-align:left;" | Independent

| DIV

| {{formatnum:342}}

| 0.89

|-

| colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Total

| {{formatnum:38326}}

| 100%

|-

| colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters

| {{formatnum:70558}}

| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Blank/Void ballots

| {{formatnum:993}}

| 2.53%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout

| {{formatnum:39319}}

| 55.73%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions

| {{formatnum:31239}}

| 44.27%

|-

| colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Result

| colspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" | UMP HOLD

|}

The UMP candidate was elected with more than 50% of the vote in the first round of voting, and therefore no second round took place.

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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Candidate

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party

! colspan="2" | 1st round

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"

! width="75" | Votes

! width="30" | %

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Francois Loos

| style="text-align:left;" | Union for a Presidential Majority

| UMP

| {{formatnum:23211}}

| 60.42

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|National Front (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | J. Marie Freund

| style="text-align:left;" | National Front

| FN

| {{formatnum:6000}}

| 15.62

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Pierre Mammosser

| style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party

| PS

| {{formatnum:4997}}

| 13.01

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|The Greens (France)}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Stephane Reiss

| style="text-align:left;" | The Greens

| LV

| {{formatnum:1443}}

| 3.76

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Lutte Ouvrière}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Catherine Gsell

| style="text-align:left;" | Workers’ Struggle

| LO

| {{formatnum:579}}

| 1.51

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Regionalist}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Bruno Wolff

| style="text-align:left;" | Regionalist

| REG

| {{formatnum:562}}

| 1.46

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Ecologist}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | H. Pierre Bapst

| style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist

| ECO

| {{formatnum:479}}

| 1.25

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Ecologist}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Colette Marchal

| style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist

| ECO

| {{formatnum:386}}

| 1.00

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Catherine Wagner

| style="text-align:left;" | Independent

| DIV

| {{formatnum:311}}

| 0.81

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|Movement for France}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Frederic Lemaire

| style="text-align:left;" | Movement for France

| MPF

| {{formatnum:284}}

| 0.74

|-

| style="background-color:{{party color|French Communist Party}}" |

| style="text-align:left;" | Ralph Blindauer

| style="text-align:left;" | Communist Party

| PCF

| {{formatnum:162}}

| 0.42

|-

| colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Total

| {{formatnum:38414}}

| 100%

|-

| colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters

| {{formatnum:68063}}

| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Blank/Void ballots

| {{formatnum:1176}}

| 2.97%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout

| {{formatnum:39590}}

| 58.17%

|-

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions

| {{formatnum:28473}}

| 41.83%

|-

| colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"|

|- style="font-weight:bold"

| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Result

| colspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" | UMP GAIN FROM UDF

|}

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{{French National Assembly constituencies}}

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