title: Moselle's 2nd constituency
text: # Moselle's 2nd constituency
  
  The 2nd constituency of Moselle is a French legislative constituency in the Moselle département.
  
  ## Description
  
  Moselle's 2nd constituency includes the eastern edge of the city of Metz as well as rural areas to the south and south-west as well as most of the large suburb of Montigny-lès-Metz. The seat borders Meurthe-et-Moselle to the west and includes territory on both sides of the river Moselle.
  
  From 1988 until 2017 the seat was held by one man, Denis Jacquat, who in 2002 switched from the UDF to the newly formed UMP of Nicolas Sarkozy. At the 2012 election the Socialists came within less than 700 votes of taking the seat.
  
  ## Historic Representation
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1978 | Jean Louis Masson | RPR |
  | | 1981 | Jean Louis Masson | RPR |
  | 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
  | | 1988 | Denis Jacquat | UDF |
  | | 1993 | Denis Jacquat | UDF |
  | | 1997 | Denis Jacquat | UDF |
  | | 2002 | Denis Jacquat | UMP |
  | | 2007 | Denis Jacquat | UMP |
  | | 2012 | Denis Jacquat | UMP |
  | | 2017 | Ludovic Mendes | LREM |
  | | 2022 | Ludovic Mendes | RE |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2022
  
  Legislative Election 2022: Moselle's 2nd constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | LREM (Ensemble) | Ludovic Mendes | 8,005 | 23.88 | -9.72 |
  | | LFI (NUPÉS) | Lisa Lahore | 7,188 | 21.44 | +2.45 |
  | | RN | Olivier Bauchat | 6,871 | 20.49 | +5.90 |
  | | LR (UDC) | Thierry Hory | 4,852 | 14.47 | -12.34 |
  | | DVC | Raphaël Pitti | 2,800 | 8.35 | N/A |
  | | REC | Martine Mauser | 1,350 | 4.03 | N/A |
  | | PS | Jean-Jacques Kurth* | 955 | 2.85 | N/A |
  | | Others | N/A | 1,505 | - | - |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,526 | 44.84 | -0.44 |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | LREM (Ensemble) | Ludovic Mendes | 16,764 | 56.41 | +4.01 |
  | | LFI (NUPÉS) | Lisa Lahore | 12,952 | 43.59 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,716 | 43.00 | +4.02 |
  | | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold | LREM hold |
  
  * Dissident PS member, not supported by the party or the NUPES alliance.
  
  ### 2017
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | Ludovic Mendes | REM | 11,422 | 33.60 | 14,020 | 52.40 |
  | | Jean François | LR | 6,232 | 18.33 | 12,735 | 47.60 |
  | | Marie-Claude Voinçon | FN | 4,962 | 14.59 | | |
  | | Claudine Poirson | FI | 3,108 | 9.14 | | |
  | | Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé | UDI | 2,883 | 8.48 | | |
  | | Jean-Michel Toulouze | PS | 2,205 | 6.49 | | |
  | | Marie-Pierre Comte | ECO | 871 | 2.56 | | |
  | | Quentin Lachenal | DIV | 522 | 1.54 | | |
  | | Irma Vollmer | PCF | 306 | 0.90 | | |
  | | Agnès Brossard | ECO | 283 | 0.83 | | |
  | | Théo Fontaine | DIV | 257 | 0.76 | | |
  | | Marc Le Clec'h | DIV | 246 | 0.72 | | |
  | | Thomas Riboulet | REG | 208 | 0.61 | | |
  | | Mario Rinaldi | EXG | 197 | 0.58 | | |
  | | Jean Lambert | DVG | 172 | 0.51 | | |
  | | Albert Dal Pozzolo | EXG | 104 | 0.31 | | |
  | | Jordane Ciachera | ECO | 20 | 0.06 | | |
  | | Martine Sroczynski | REG | 1 | 0.00 | | |
  | Votes | Votes | Votes | 33,999 | 100.00 | 26,755 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 33,999 | 98.13 | 26,755 | 89.72 |
  | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 487 | 1.41 | 2,325 | 7.80 |
  | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 160 | 0.46 | 740 | 2.48 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,646 | 45.28 | 29,820 | 38.98 |
  | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 41,867 | 54.72 | 46,687 | 61.02 |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 76,513 | | 76,507 | |
  | Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||
  
  ### 2012
  
  Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 2nd constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PS | Jean-Michel Toulouze | 13,400 | 33.33 | |
  | | UMP | Denis Jacquat | 12,828 | 31.91 | |
  | | FN | Thierry Gourlot | 7,440 | 18.51 | |
  | | LC | Nathalie Colin-Oesterle | 2,284 | 5.68 | |
  | | FG | Danielle Bori | 1,577 | 3.92 | |
  | | MoDem | Marjorie Goujon | 950 | 2.36 | |
  | | Others | N/A | 1,720 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,199 | 52.73 | |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | UMP | Denis Jacquat | 19,534 | 50.86 | |
  | | PS | Jean-Michel Toulouze | 18,875 | 49.14 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,409 | 50.39 | |
  | | 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.
  