Moselle's 6th constituency
Constituency of the National Assembly of France
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The 6th constituency of Moselle is one of the nine legislative constituencies in the Moselle département (Lorraine).
Deputy
CantonsCanton of Behren-lès-Forbach, Canton of Forbach, Canton of Freyming-Merlebach, Canton of Stiring-Wendel.
Registered voters72,286
| 6th constituency of Moselle | |
|---|---|
National Assembly of France | |
 Moselle's 6th Constituency shown within Lorraine | |
| Deputy | |
| Department | Moselle |
| Cantons | Canton of Behren-lès-Forbach, Canton of Forbach, Canton of Freyming-Merlebach, Canton of Stiring-Wendel. |
| Registered voters | 72,286 |
A member of La République En Marche!, Christophe Arend represents the constituency during the 15th legislature.
Geographic description and demographics
According to the division into constituencies by the law n°86-1197 of 24 November 1986, the 6th constituency of Moselle includes four cantons and thirty-one municipalities located in the arrondissement of Forbach :
- Canton of Behren-lès-Forbach (fr) with thirteen municipalities : Behren-lès-Forbach, Bousbach, Cocheren, Diebling, Farschviller, Folkling, Metzing, Morsbach, Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor, Œting, Rosbruck, Tenteling, Théding
- Canton of Forbach (fr) with one municipality : Forbach, the most populated city of the constituency
- Canton of Freyming-Merlebach (fr) with ten municipalities : Barst, Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, Betting, Cappel, Farébersviller, Freyming-Merlebach, Guenviller, Henriville, Hoste, Seingbouse
- Canton of Stiring-Wendel (fr) with eight municipalities : Alsting, Etzling, Forbach1, Kerbach, Petite-Rosselle, Schœneck, Spicheren, Stiring-Wendel
According to the national census conducted in 1999 by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the legal population of the constituency was estimated at 110,486 inhabitants.[1] The population of the constituency amounted to 106,636 inhabitants in 2008.
- The canton of Stiring-Wendel includes a non-urbanized area of Forbach.
Historic Representation
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Jean Coumaros[2][3][4][5] | UNR | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | UDR | ||
| 1968 | |||
| 1973 | Anne-Marie Fritsch[6] | RM | |
| 1978 | Jean-Éric Bousch[7] | RPR | |
| 1981 | Paul Bladt[8] | PS | |
| Proportional representation - no election by constituency | |||
| 1988 | Charles Metzinger[9] 1 | PS | |
| 1993 | Pierre Lang[10] | UDF | |
| 1997 | Roland Metzinger[11] | PS | |
| 2002 | Pierre Lang[12][13] | UMP | |
| 2007 | Pierre Lang | ||
| 2012 | Laurent Kalinowski | PS | |
| 2017 | Christophe Arend | LREM | |
| 2022 | Kévin Pfeffer | RN | |
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RN | Kévin Pfeffer | 18,575 | 50.90 | +20.32 | |
| LR (Ensemble) | Alexandre Cassaro | 7,746 | 21.23 | +11.45 | |
| DVG | Olivier Munch | 466 | 1.28 | −3.48 | |
| LFI (NFP) | Claire Bladt | 7,740 | 21.21 | +3.89 | |
| DIV | Dominique Feiss | 1,348 | 3.69 | N/A | |
| LO | Lola Legrand | 618 | 1.69 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 36,493 | 97.56 | +62.17 | ||
| Registered electors | 66,393 | ||||
| RN hold | Swing | ||||
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RN | Kévin Pfeffer | 7,077 | 30.58 | +6.79 | |||
| LREM (Ensemble) | Christophe Arend | 5,122 | 22.13 | +0.12 | |||
| LFI (NUPÉS) | Jonathan Outomuro | 4,009 | 17.32 | +3.42 | |||
| LR (UDC) | Marc Friedrich | 2,263 | 9.78 | −6.54 | |||
| REC | Éric Diligent | 1,085 | 4.69 | N/A | |||
| LP (UPF) | Florian Philippot | 1,069 | 4.62 | N/A | |||
| PS | Anthony Thiel* | 691 | 2.99 | N/A | |||
| DVG | Monique Greff Ostermann | 575 | 2.48 | N/A | |||
| DVG | Abdel Askal | 527 | 2.28 | N/A | |||
| Others | N/A | 725 | - | − | |||
| Turnout | 23,143 | 35.39 | −2.09 | ||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| RN | Kévin Pfeffer | 12,368 | 56.96 | +13.92 | |||
| LREM (Ensemble) | Christophe Arend | 9,347 | 43.04 | −13.92 | |||
| Turnout | 21,715 | 34.50 | −1.97 | ||||
| RN gain from LREM | |||||||
2017
| Candidate | Label | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Florian Philippot | FN | 6,138 | 23.79 | 10,337 | 43.04 | |
| Christophe Arend | REM | 5,679 | 22.01 | 13,682 | 56.96 | |
| Pierre Lang | LR | 4,212 | 16.32 | |||
| Laurent Kleinhentz | DVG | 3,805 | 14.75 | |||
| Jonathan Outomuro | FI | 2,132 | 8.26 | |||
| Éric Diligent | DVD | 1,359 | 5.27 | |||
| Jean-Christophe Kinnel | PS | 928 | 3.60 | |||
| Chantal Mary | ECO | 342 | 1.33 | |||
| Kader Dehar | ECO | 229 | 0.89 | |||
| Nicolas Walczak | PCF | 183 | 0.71 | |||
| Dominique Biry | EXD | 182 | 0.71 | |||
| Lola Legrand | EXG | 177 | 0.69 | |||
| Pascal Schuster | DIV | 145 | 0.56 | |||
| Sandra Montalescot | DIV | 111 | 0.43 | |||
| Jean Pluskota | ECO | 102 | 0.40 | |||
| Vincent Fourrier | REG | 77 | 0.30 | |||
| Marjolaine Hallier | DVD | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Votes | 25,801 | 100.00 | 24,019 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 25,801 | 98.16 | 24,019 | 93.92 | ||
| Blank votes | 332 | 1.26 | 1,203 | 4.70 | ||
| Null votes | 151 | 0.57 | 352 | 1.38 | ||
| Turnout | 26,284 | 37.48 | 25,574 | 36.47 | ||
| Abstentions | 43,849 | 62.52 | 44,558 | 63.53 | ||
| Registered voters | 70,133 | 70,132 | ||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | Laurent Kalinowski | 12,750 | 37.45 | ||||
| FN | Florian Philippot | 8,969 | 26.34 | ||||
| UMP | Pierre Lang | 8,518 | 25.02 | ||||
| DIV | Eric Vilain | 1,394 | 4.09 | ||||
| MoDem | Francis Schmitt | 705 | 2.07 | ||||
| Others | N/A | 1,713 | |||||
| Turnout | 34,049 | 47.10 | |||||
| 2nd round result | |||||||
| PS | Laurent Kalinowski | 17,762 | 53.70 | ||||
| FN | Florian Philippot | 15,317 | 46.30 | ||||
| Turnout | 33,079 | 45.76 | |||||
| PS gain from UMP | |||||||