title: Moselle's 5th constituency
text: # Moselle's 5th constituency
  
  The 5th constituency of Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Moselle département.
  
  ## Description
  
  The 5th Constituency of Moselle occupies a finger of territory jutting eastwards from the main body of the Department, bordered to the north by Germany and to the south by Bas-Rhin. Almost entirely rural the constituency includes a large part of the Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park.
  
  Until 2017, the seat elected conservatives throughout the Fifth Republic save for between 1997 and 2002 when Socialist Gilbert Maurer captured it.
  
  ## Historic Representation
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1958 | Jean Seitlinger | MRP |
  | | 1962 | Etienne Hinsberger | UNR |
  | | 1967 | Etienne Hinsberger | UDR |
  | | 1968 | Etienne Hinsberger | UDR |
  | | 1973 | Jean Seitlinger | UDF |
  | | 1978 | Jean Seitlinger | UDF |
  | | 1981 | Jean Seitlinger | UDF |
  | 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation – no election by constituency | Proportional representation – no election by constituency |
  | | 1988 | Jean Seitlinger | UDF |
  | | 1993 | Jean Seitlinger | UDF |
  | | 1997 | Gilbert Maurer | PS |
  | | 2002 | Céleste Lett | UMP |
  | | 2007 | Céleste Lett | UMP |
  | | 2012 | Céleste Lett | UMP |
  | | 2017 | Nicole Gries-Trisse | LREM |
  | | 2022 | Vincent Seitlinger | LR |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2022
  
  Legislative Election 2022: Moselle's 5th constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | RN | Marie-Claude Voinçon | 7,498 | 25.88 | +8.64 |
  | | LR (UDC) | Vincent Seitlinger | 7,108 | 24.53 | -17.39 |
  | | LREM (Ensemble) | Nicole Trisse | 6,802 | 23.48 | -0.99 |
  | | LFI (NUPÉS) | Caroline Racine | 4,216 | 14.55 | +2.95 |
  | | REC | Sabrina Sellini | 1,354 | 4.67 | N/A |
  | | DIV | François Bourbeau | 930 | 3.21 | N/A |
  | | DLF (UPF) | Brigitte Toussaint | 589 | 2.03 | +0.59 |
  | | LO | Sébastien Ollier | 474 | 1.64 | +0.95 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,971 | 40.95 | -3.04 |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | LR (UDC) | Vincent Seitlinger | 16,413 | 59.12 | +10.63 |
  | | RN | Marie-Claude Voinçon | 11,348 | 40.88 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,761 | 40.29 | -0.96 |
  | | LR gain from LREM | LR gain from LREM | LR gain from LREM | LR gain from LREM | LR gain from LREM |
  
  ### 2017
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | Céleste Lett | LR | 9,123 | 28.72 | 13,676 | 48.49 |
  | | Nicole Gries-Trisse | REM | 7,775 | 24.47 | 14,529 | 51.51 |
  | | Pascal Jenft | FN | 5,478 | 17.24 | | |
  | | David Suck | UDI | 4,193 | 13.20 | | |
  | | Brigitte Blang | FI | 2,092 | 6.59 | | |
  | | Angèle Dufflo | PS | 823 | 2.59 | | |
  | | Élisabeth Parachini | ECO | 549 | 1.73 | | |
  | | Solenne Schaff | DLF | 457 | 1.44 | | |
  | | Chantal Uhring | REG | 264 | 0.83 | | |
  | | Bernadette Hilpert | PCF | 218 | 0.69 | | |
  | | Ramazan Dogan | DIV | 193 | 0.61 | | |
  | | Sébastien Ollier | EXG | 193 | 0.61 | | |
  | | Yvonne Wentzel | DIV | 145 | 0.46 | | |
  | | Jacqueline Berger | DIV | 142 | 0.45 | | |
  | | Daniella Bettenfeld | EXG | 124 | 0.39 | | |
  | Votes | Votes | Votes | 31,769 | 100.00 | 28,205 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 31,769 | 97.62 | 28,205 | 92.44 |
  | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 564 | 1.73 | 1,585 | 5.19 |
  | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 211 | 0.65 | 722 | 2.37 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,544 | 43.99 | 30,512 | 41.25 |
  | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 41,438 | 56.01 | 43,460 | 58.75 |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 73,982 | | 73,972 | |
  | Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||
  
  ### 2012
  
  Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 5th constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | UMP | Céleste Lett | 16,744 | 43.00 | |
  | | PS | Angèle Dufflo | 9,714 | 24.94 | |
  | | FN | Philippe Marcel Armand | 8,071 | 20.73 | |
  | | ECO | Michel Uhring | 1,663 | 4.27 | |
  | | FG | Alphonse Walter | 1,294 | 3.32 | |
  | | Others | N/A | 1,456 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,942 | 52.18 | |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | UMP | Céleste Lett | 21,721 | 60.24 | |
  | | PS | Angèle Dufflo | 14,334 | 39.76 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,055 | 48.32 | |
  | | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold | UMP hold |
  
  ## Sources
  
  Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).
  
  * ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Moselle". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  