Moselle's 6th constituency

6th constituency of Moselle
6th constituency of Moselle
inlineConstituency of the ; National Assembly of France
	Moselle's 6th Constituency shown within Lorraine
Deputy	Kévin Pfeffer; RN
Department	Moselle
Cantons	Canton of Behren-lès-Forbach, Canton of Forbach, Canton of Freyming-Merlebach, Canton of Stiring-Wendel.
Registered voters	72,286
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The 6th constituency of Moselle is one of the nine legislative constituencies in the Moselle département (Lorraine).

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		UNR
	1967		UDR
	1968		UDR
	1973	Anne-Marie Fritsch^[6]	RM
	1978	Jean-Éric Bousch^[7]	RPR
	1981	Paul Bladt^[8]	PS
1986		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	UMP
	2012	Laurent Kalinowski	PS
	2017	Christophe Arend	LREM
	2022	Kévin Pfeffer	RN

On 1 October 1992, Charles Metzinger was elected as a Senator. He consequently left his seat which stayed vacant until the end of the 9th legislature.^[14]

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Moselle's 6th constituency^[15]^[16]
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

Legislative Election 2022: Moselle's 6th constituency
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

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* PS dissident, not supported by party or NUPES alliance.

2017

Candidate		Label	First round		Second round
Candidate		Label	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

Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 6th constituency
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

References

^ "Population census by legislative constituency in 1999 : Moselle's 6th constituency" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Jean Coumaros' biography during the 1st legislature (1958–1962)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Jean Coumaros' biography during the 2nd legislature (1962–1967)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Jean Coumaros' biography during the 3rd legislature (1967–1968)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Jean Coumaros' biography during the 4th legislature (1968–1973)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Anne-Marie Fritsch's biography during the 5th legislature (1973–1978)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Jean-Éric Bousch's biography during the 6th legislature (1978–1981)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Paul Bladt's biography during the 7th legislature (1981–1986)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Charles Metzinger's biography during the 9th legislature (1988–1993)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Pierre Lang's biography during the 10th legislature (1993–1997)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Roland Metzinger's biography during the 11th legislature (1997–2002)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Pierre Lang's biography during the 12th legislature (2002–2007)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Pierre Lang's biography during the 13th legislature (2007–2012)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Changes in the composition of the National Assembly during the 9th legislature" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ "Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Moselle". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2022.

Sources

(in French) Moselle's 6th constituency : cartography, National Assembly (France)
(in French) Demographics about Moselle's 6th constituency in 2008, INSEE
(in French) Notes and portraits of the French MPs under the Fifth Republic, National Assembly (France)
(in French) Moselle's legislative constituencies (1958–1986) : MPs in the 6th constituency (Forbach), Atlaspol
(in French) 2012 French legislative elections: Moselle's 6th constituency (first round and run-off), Minister of the Interior (France)

[1] "Population census by legislative constituency in 1999 : Moselle's 6th constituency" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[2] "Jean Coumaros' biography during the 1st legislature (1958–1962)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[3] "Jean Coumaros' biography during the 2nd legislature (1962–1967)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[4] "Jean Coumaros' biography during the 3rd legislature (1967–1968)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[5] "Jean Coumaros' biography during the 4th legislature (1968–1973)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[6] "Anne-Marie Fritsch's biography during the 5th legislature (1973–1978)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[7] "Jean-Éric Bousch's biography during the 6th legislature (1978–1981)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[8] "Paul Bladt's biography during the 7th legislature (1981–1986)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[9] "Charles Metzinger's biography during the 9th legislature (1988–1993)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[10] "Pierre Lang's biography during the 10th legislature (1993–1997)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[11] "Roland Metzinger's biography during the 11th legislature (1997–2002)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[12] "Pierre Lang's biography during the 12th legislature (2002–2007)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[13] "Pierre Lang's biography during the 13th legislature (2007–2012)" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[14] "Changes in the composition of the National Assembly during the 9th legislature" (in French). National Assembly (France). Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[15] "Découvrez la liste des candidats aux élections législatives 2024 dans votre circonscription". Le Monde. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[16] "Publication des candidatures et des résultats aux élections - Législatives 2024". Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

[17] "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Moselle". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2022.

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