Moselle's 4th constituency

4th constituency of Moselle

French National Assembly constituency
Moselle's 4th Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Alain Marty UMP
Department	Moselle
Canton	Albestroff, Château-Salins, Delme, Dieuze, Fénétrange, Grostenquin, Lorquin, Phalsbourg, Réchicourt-le-Château, Sarrebourg, Vic-sur-Seille
Voters	81,175

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

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

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 3rd Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UMP	Alain Marty	19,273	41.39
	PS	Jean-Yves Schaff	15,940	34.23
	FN	Cassandre Fristot	11,356	24.39
Turnout			47,300	58.27
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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