Moselle's 7th constituency

7th constituency of Moselle

French National Assembly constituency
Moselle's 7th Constituency shown within Lorraine.
Deputy	Paola Zanetti PS
Department	Moselle
Canton	Boulay-Moselle, Bouzonville, Faulquemont, Saint-Avold-I, Saint-Avold-II
Voters	91,559

The 7th constituency of Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Moselle département.

Description

Moselle's 7th constituency is formed around the town of Saint-Avold on the German border.

The domination of conservative candidates was broken in the 2012 elections after a National Front candidate secured a place in the second round thus splitting the conservative vote and allowing the election of the Socialist candidate.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation – no election by constituency
	1988	André Berthol	RPR
	2002		UMP
	2007	André Wojciechowski	UMP
	2012	Paola Zanetti	PS

Election results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 7th Constituency 2nd round

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PS	Paola Zanetti	18,840	38.49
	Radical	André Wojciechowski	18,471	37.74
	FN	Nathalie Pigeot	11,631	23.76
Turnout			49,638	54.21
	PS gain from UMP		Swing

Sources

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