Moselle's 9th constituency

9th constituency of Moselle

French National Assembly
constituency

Moselle's 9th Constituency shown within Lorraine.

Deputy

Anne Grommerch
UMP

Department

Moselle

Canton

Cattenom, Metzervisse, Sierck-les-Bains, Thionville-Est, Thionville-Ouest, Yutz

Voters

97,022

The 9th constituency of Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Moselle département.

Description

Moselle's 9th constituency consists of the city of Thionville close to the border with Luxembourg and the surrounding more rural areas.

The seat has been held by Gaullist parties since 1988 and the current representative Anne Grommerch acquired it following the suicide of Jean-Marie Demange in 2008.

Historic Representation

Election		Member	Party
1986		Proportional representation - no election by constituency
	1988	Jean-Marie Demange	RPR
	2002	Jean-Marie Demange	UMP
	2008	Anne Grommerch	UMP

Election Results

2012

Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 9th Constituency 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UMP	Anne Grommerch	26,519	53.07
	PS	Bertrand Mertz	23,449	46.93
Turnout			51,514	52.76
	UMP hold		Swing

Sources

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

Constituencies in Lorraine (21)

Meurthe-et-Moselle (6)	Meurthe-et-Moselle's 1st Meurthe-et-Moselle's 2nd Meurthe-et-Moselle's 3rd Meurthe-et-Moselle's 4th Meurthe-et-Moselle's 5th Meurthe-et-Moselle's 6th

Meuse (2)	Meuse's 1st Meuse's 2nd

Moselle (9)	Moselle's 1st Moselle's 2nd Moselle's 3rd Moselle's 4th Moselle's 5th Moselle's 6th Moselle's 7th Moselle's 8th Moselle's 9th

Vosges (4)	Vosges' 1st Vosges' 2nd Vosges' 3rd Vosges' 4th

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