Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the National Assembly of France}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox French constituency | name = 1st constituency of the Haut-Rhin | image = MapHaut-Rhin1stconstituency.png | caption = Haut-Rhin's 1st Constituency shown within Alsace | map = Haut-Rhin-Position.svg | caption2 = Haut-Rhin in France | member-type = Deputy | member = Brigitte Klinkert | member-party = RE | department = Haut-Rhin | canton = Andolsheim, Colmar-Nord, Colmar-Sud, Neuf-Brisach. | census-date = | voters = 74,091 }} The '''1st constituency of the Haut-Rhin''' is a French legislative constituency in the Haut-Rhin ''département''.

==Description==

The seat includes the town of Colmar and then stretches eastwards towards the Rhine which forms the border with Germany. The seat has followed the historic pattern of Alsace by supporting parties of the right over the PS and its allies.

== Historic Representation == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- | rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Union for the New Republic}}" | | 1958 | rowspan="4" | Edmond Borocco | rowspan="2" | UNR |- |1962 |- |1967 | rowspan="2" |UDR |- |1968 |- | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Union for French Democracy}}" | | 1973 | Justin Haussherr | CDP |- | 1978 | rowspan="2" | Jean-Paul Fuchs | rowspan="2" | UDF |- |1981 |- |colspan="2" align="center"| 1986 |colspan="2"| ''Proportional representation - no election by constituency'' |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Union for French Democracy}}" | | 1988 | Edmond Gerrer | UDF |- | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" | | 1993 | rowspan="3" | Gilbert Meyer | rowspan="2" | RPR |- |1997 |- | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Union for a Popular Movement}}" | | 2002 | rowspan="3" | UMP |- | 2007 | rowspan="3" | Éric Straumann |- | 2012 |- | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" | | 2017 | rowspan="2" |LR |- | 2020 | Yves Hemedinger |- |style="background-color: {{party color|Renaissance (French political party)}}" | |2022 |Brigitte Klinkert |RE |}

==Election results==

===2024===

{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2024: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Debout la France |candidate = Syrielle Couval |votes = 591 |percentage = 1.20 |change = -1.47 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = The Republicans (France) |candidate = Yves Hemedinger |votes = 6,547 |percentage = 13.32 |change = -7.25 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers' Struggle |candidate = Gilles Schaffar |votes = 341 |percentage = 0.69 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate for alliance| |party = Socialist Party (France) |side = New Popular Front |candidate = Aïcha Fritsch |votes = 8,727 |percentage = 17.75 |change = +3.01 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Rally |candidate = Laurent Gnaedig |votes = '''16,833''' |percentage = '''34.24''' |change = +17.04 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Reconquete |candidate = Ariane Bischogg-Batma |votes = 174 |percentage = 0.35 |change = -2.88 }} {{Election box candidate for alliance| |party = Renaissance (French political party) |side = Together (coalition) |candidate = Brigitte Klinkert |votes = '''14,945''' |percentage = '''30.40''' |change = -4.18 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Unser Land |candidate = Thiébault Zitvogel |votes = 1,007 |percentage = 2.05 |change = 0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 49,165 |percentage = 97.92 |change = +53.62 }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 78,987 }} {{Election box 2nd round}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Renaissance (French political party) |candidate = Brigitte Klinkert |votes = 28,349 |percentage = 58.14 |change = +7.93 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Rally |candidate = Laurent Gnaedig |votes = 20,411 |percentage = 41.86 |change = N/A }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 48,760 |percentage = 95.74 |change = +57.14 }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 79,005 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Renaissance (French political party) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===2022=== {{Election box begin|title=Legislative Election 2022: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency}} {{Election box winning candidate for alliance|party=La République En Marche!|side=Ensemble Citoyens|votes=11,791|candidate=Brigitte Klinkert|percentage=34.58|change=+8.34}}{{Election box winning candidate for alliance|party=The Republicans (France)|side=Union of the Right and Centre|candidate=Yves Hemedinger|votes=7,014|percentage=20.57|change=-17.21}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=National Rally|candidate=Steven Schoenbeck|votes=5,866|percentage=17.20|change=+5.78}}{{Election box candidate for alliance|party=Socialist Party (France)|side=Nouvelle Union Populaire écologiste et sociale|candidate=Aïcha Fritsch|votes=5,027|percentage=14.74|change=+4.47}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reconquête|candidate=Ariane Bischoff Batma|votes=1,103|percentage=3.23|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate for alliance|party=Debout la France|side=Union for France (2022)|candidate=Cyrielle Couval|votes=909|percentage=2.67|change=+1.53}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Movement of Progressives|candidate=Paul Martin|votes=831|percentage=2.44|change=N/A|}}{{Election box candidate for alliance|party=Unser Land|side=Régions et Peuples Solidaires|candidate=Thiébault Zitvogel|votes=700|percentage=2.05|change=-1.03}} |- | colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| |- {{Election box candidate|party=Others|candidate=''N/A''|votes=861|percentage=-|change=-}}{{Election box turnout||votes=34,102|percentage=44.30|change=-2.47}} {{Election box 2nd round}} {{Election box winning candidate for alliance|party=La République En Marche!|side=Ensemble Citoyens|candidate=Brigitte Klinkert|votes=14,141|percentage=50.21|change=+16.62}} {{Election box candidate for alliance|party=The Republicans (France)|side=Union of the Right and Centre|candidate=Yves Hemedinger|votes=28,163|percentage=49.79|change=-16.62}} {{Election box turnout||votes=28,163|percentage=38.60|change=-1.31}} {{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=La République En Marche!|loser=The Republicans (France)}} {{Election box end}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Résultats des élections législatives 2022 dans le Haut-Rhin |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-elections/grand-est/haut-rhin/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Le Monde.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

===2020 by-election=== The deputy, Éric Straumann, was appointed Mayor of Colmar in 2020.<ref name="lalsace">{{Cite web|url= https://www.dna.fr/politique/2020/06/28/colmar-eric-straumann-nouveau-maire.|date=28 June 2020|title=Municipales 2020 Colmar : Straumann au bout, sans surprise|newspaper=Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace}}</ref> This triggered the accumulation of mandates rule, so he left the National Assembly. His substitute candidate, Brigitte Klinkert, was Minister Delegate for Economic Inclusion, so a by-election was called.

{{Election box begin | title=2020 by-election: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |party = The Republicans (France) |candidate = Yves Hemedinger |votes = 6,944 |percentage = 45.39 |change = +7.61 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |party = Europe Ecology - The Greens |candidate = Frédéric Hilbert |votes = 3,600 |percentage = 23.53 |change = +18.92 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = National Rally (France) |candidate = Christian Zimmermann |votes = 2,148 |percentage = 14.04 |change = +2.62 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Miscellaneous |candidate = Michel Clog |votes = 1,196 |percentage = 7.82 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Debout la France |candidate = Pascal Tschaen |votes = 588 |percentage = 3.84 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Miscellaneous |candidate = Jean-Frédéric Baechler |votes = 479 |percentage = 3.13 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Far left |candidate = Gilles Schaffar |votes = 311 |percentage = 2.03 |change = N/A }} |- | colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| |- {{Election box candidate | |party = Others |candidate = ''N/A'' |votes = 32 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 15,703 |percentage = 20.31 |change = -26.46 }} {{Election box 2nd round}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |party = The Republicans (France) |candidate = Yves Hemedinger |votes = 8,933 |percentage = 63.67 |change = -2.74 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Europe Ecology - The Greens |candidate = Frédéric Hilbert |votes = 5,097 |percentage = 36.33 |change = N/A }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 14,624 |percentage = 18.92 |change = -20.99 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing | |winner = The Republicans (France) |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===2017===

{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2017: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |party = The Republicans (France) |candidate = Éric Straumann |votes = 13,444 |percentage = 37.78 |change = }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |party = La République En Marche! |candidate = Stéphanie Villemin |votes = 9,339 |percentage = 26.24 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = National Front (France) |candidate = Marie-Hélène De Lacoste Laretmondie |votes = 4,063 |percentage = 11.42 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = La France Insoumise |candidate = Didier Ottermann |votes = 1,901 |percentage = 5.34 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Europe Ecology - The Greens |candidate = Frédéric Hilbert |votes = 1,642 |percentage = 4.61 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Regionalism (politics) |candidate = Nadia Hoog (Unser Land) |votes = 1,096 |percentage = 3.08 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Miscellaneous Right |candidate = Philippe Rogala |votes = 1,015 |percentage = 2.85 |change = }} |- | colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| |- {{Election box candidate | |party = Others |candidate = ''N/A'' |votes = 3,084 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 35,584 |percentage = 46.77 |change = }} {{Election box 2nd round}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |party = The Republicans (France) |candidate = Éric Straumann |votes = 20,163 |percentage = 66.41 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = La République En Marche! |candidate = Stéphanie Villemin |votes = 10,199 |percentage = 33.59 |change = }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 30,362 |percentage = 39.91 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing | |winner = The Republicans (France) |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===2012===

{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2012: Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |party = Union for a Popular Movement |candidate = Éric Straumann |votes = 14,495 |percentage = 35.41 |change = }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |party = Socialist Party (France) |candidate = Victorine Valentin |votes = 9,005 |percentage = 22.00 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Miscellaneous Right |candidate = Gilbert Meyer |votes = 7,739 |percentage = 18.91 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = National Front (France) |candidate = Vincent Wiss |votes = 5,375 |percentage = 13.13 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Europe Ecology - The Greens |candidate = Frédéric Hilbert |votes = 1,241 |percentage = 3.03 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Miscellaneous |candidate = Antoine Walter |votes = 985 |percentage = 2.41 |change = }} |- | colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| |- {{Election box candidate | |party = Others |candidate = ''N/A'' |votes = 2,093 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 40,933 |percentage = 55.25 |change = }} {{Election box 2nd round}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |party = Union for a Popular Movement |candidate = Éric Straumann |votes = 22,753 |percentage = 62.21 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Socialist Party (France) |candidate = Victorine Valentin |votes = 13,823 |percentage = 37.79 |change = }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 36,576 |percentage = 49.37 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link no swing | |winner = Union for a Popular Movement |loser = Miscellaneous Right |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===2007===

{{Election box begin | title=Legislative Election 2007: Haut-Rhin's 1st Constituency 2nd round}} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Miscellaneous Right |candidate = Éric Straumann |votes = 24,298 |percentage = 66.05 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Union for a Popular Movement |candidate = Gilbert Meyer |votes = 12492 |percentage = 33.95 |change = }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 41,528 |percentage = 57.73 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link | |winner = Miscellaneous Right |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===2002=== {{election table|title=Results of the 9 June and 16 June 2002 French National Assembly election in Haut-Rhin’s 1st Constituency<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives_2002/(path)/legislatives_2002/068/circons01.html|title = Résultats des élections législatives 2002}}</ref>}} |- 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;" | Gilbert Meyer | style="text-align:left;" | Union for a Presidential Majority | UMP | '''{{formatnum:20935}}''' | '''52.13''' |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" | | style="text-align:left;" | Monique Marchal | style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party | PS | {{formatnum:8376}} | 20.86 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|National Front (France)}}" | | style="text-align:left;" | Bruno Haebig | style="text-align:left;" | National Front | FN | {{formatnum:5031}} | 12.53 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|The Greens (France)}}" | | style="text-align:left;" | Frederic Hilbert | style="text-align:left;" | The Greens | LV | {{formatnum:1395}} | 3.47 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|National Republican Movement}}" | | style="text-align:left;" | Rene Becker | style="text-align:left;" | National Republican Movement | MNR | {{formatnum:1128}} | 2.81 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | style="text-align:left;" | Brigitte Courteville | style="text-align:left;" | Independent | DIV | {{formatnum:600}} | 1.49 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Ecologist}}" | | style="text-align:left;" | Gerard Probst | style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist | ECO | {{formatnum:564}} | 1.40 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Lutte Ouvrière}}" | | style="text-align:left;" | Christian Rousset | style="text-align:left;" | Workers’ Struggle | LO | {{formatnum:546}} | 1.36 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Movement for France}}" | | style="text-align:left;" | Lydia Lacentra | style="text-align:left;" | Movement for France | MPF | {{formatnum:536}} | 1.33 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Citizen and Republican Movement}}" | | style="text-align:left;" | Mathieu Lavarenne | style="text-align:left;" | Republican Pole | PR | {{formatnum:506}} | 1.26 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|French Communist Party}}" | | style="text-align:left;" | Eliane Lodwitz | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Party | PCF | {{formatnum:342}} | 0.85 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Miscellaneous Right}}" | | style="text-align:left;" | Vincent Wischlen | style="text-align:left;" | Miscellaneous Right | DVD | {{formatnum:203}} | 0.51 |- | colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- style="font-weight:bold" | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Total | {{formatnum:40162}} | 100% |- | colspan="6" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Registered voters | {{formatnum:68320}} | style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Blank/Void ballots | {{formatnum:1007}} | 2.45% |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Turnout | {{formatnum:41169}} | 60.26% |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Abstentions | {{formatnum:27151}} | 39.74% |- | 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 RPR |}

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