title: Moselle's 9th constituency
text: # Moselle's 9th constituency
  
  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 was held by Gaullist parties from 1988 until 2017. Following the suicide of Jean-Marie Demange in 2008, Anne Grommerch acquired it.
  
  ## Historic Representation
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
  | | 1988 | Jean-Marie Demange | RPR |
  | | 1993 | Jean-Marie Demange | RPR |
  | | 1997 | Jean-Marie Demange | RPR |
  | | 2002 | Jean-Marie Demange | UMP |
  | | 2007 | Jean-Marie Demange | UMP |
  | | 2008 | Anne Grommerch | UMP |
  | | 2012 | Anne Grommerch | UMP |
  | | 2016 | Patrick Weiten | LR |
  | | 2017 | Isabelle Rauch | LREM |
  | | 2022 | Isabelle Rauch | HOR |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2022
  
  Legislative Election 2022: Moselle's 9th constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Horizons (Ensemble) | Isabelle Rauch | 13,406 | 32.56 | -3.62 |
  | | PS (NUPÉS) | Brigitte Vaïsse | 9,126 | 22.16 | +1.80 |
  | | RN | Stéphane Reichling | 8,918 | 21.66 | +8.34 |
  | | LR (UDC) | Lucas Grandjean | 2,798 | 6.80 | -6.35 |
  | | DVD | Lionel Bieder | 1,578 | 3.83 | N/A |
  | | FGR | Yan Rutili | 1,435 | 3.49 | N/A |
  | | REC | Aurélie Wallian | 1,336 | 3.24 | N/A |
  | | Others | N/A | 2,577 | - | - |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,174 | 41.46 | -2.24 |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | Horizons (Ensemble) | Isabelle Rauch | 20,048 | 55.03 | -15.10 |
  | | PS (NUPÉS) | Brigitte Vaïsse | 16,386 | 44.97 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,434 | 38.91 | +0.93 |
  | | Horizons gain from LREM | Horizons gain from LREM | Horizons gain from LREM | Horizons gain from LREM | Horizons gain from LREM |
  
  ### 2017
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Label | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | Isabelle Rauch | REM | 15,458 | 36.18 | 23,995 | 70.13 |
  | | Émilie Matz | FN | 5,690 | 13.32 | 10,218 | 29.87 |
  | | Patrick Luxembourger | DVD | 5,647 | 13.22 | | |
  | | Pauline Lapointe-Zordan | LR | 5,618 | 13.15 | | |
  | | Jean-Luc Pierré | FI | 4,157 | 9.73 | | |
  | | Brigitte Vaïsse | PS | 2,885 | 6.75 | | |
  | | Guy Harau | ECO | 1,243 | 2.91 | | |
  | | Carole Lelièvre-Christiany | DLF | 699 | 1.64 | | |
  | | Anne Richard | PCF | 416 | 0.97 | | |
  | | Guy Maurhofer | EXG | 268 | 0.63 | | |
  | | Kévin Giges | REG | 245 | 0.57 | | |
  | | Angela Maio | DIV | 222 | 0.52 | | |
  | | François Gauche | DIV | 174 | 0.41 | | |
  | | Yan Sander | DIV | 0 | 0.00 | | |
  | Votes | Votes | Votes | 42,722 | 100.00 | 34,213 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 42,722 | 98.27 | 34,213 | 90.56 |
  | Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 575 | 1.32 | 2,742 | 7.26 |
  | Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 178 | 0.41 | 825 | 2.18 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,475 | 43.70 | 37,780 | 37.98 |
  | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 56,004 | 56.30 | 61,690 | 62.02 |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 99,479 | | 99,470 | |
  | Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||
  
  ### 2012
  
  Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 9th constituency :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | UMP | Anne Grommerch | 20,130 | 40.04 | |
  | | PS | Bertrand Mertz | 19,422 | 38.63 | |
  | | FN | Elisabeth Barget | 6,779 | 13.48 | |
  | | FG | Annie Hackenheimer | 1,360 | 2.71 | |
  | | EELV | Eliane Romani | 1,289 | 2.56 | |
  | | Others | N/A | 1,292 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,272 | 51.81 | |
  | 2nd round result ||||||
  | | UMP | Anne Grommerch | 26,519 | 53.07 | |
  | | PS | Bertrand Mertz | 23,449 | 46.93 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,968 | 51.50 | |
  | | 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).
  
  