FRENCH REPUBLIC LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 25 MAY AND 1 JUNE 1997 VOTES AND SEATS BY DEPARTMENT AND REGION ==================================================================== Votes are those cast in the first round of the legislative elections. ALSACE (16 Deputies) ==================================================================== Bas-Rhin (9 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 72,193 17.6 1 (+1) Communist Party (PCF) 9,245 02.2 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 11,532 02.8 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 29,523 07.2 2 Union for French Democracy (UDF) 102,196 24.9 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 89,241 21.7 - Others 96,773 23.6 1 (-1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 410,703 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Strasbourg Centre: Catherine Trautmann (PS) 1 02 Strasbourg Sud: Marc Reymann (UDF) 03 Strasbourg Nord: Andre Schneider (RPR) 04 Illkirch-Graffenstanden: Yves Bur (UDF) 05 Selestat: Germain Gengenwin (UDF) 06 Molsheim: Alain Ferry (Ind) 07 Saverne: Adrien Zeller (UDF) 2 08 Wissembourg: Francois Loos (UDF) 09 Hagenau: Bernard Schreiner (RPR) 1 Appointed Minister of Culture and Communications June 1997, replaced by Armand Jung (PS) 2 Resigned April 1998, replaced by June 1998 Emile Blessig (UDF) Haut-Rhin ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 59,144 20.0 2 (+2) Communist Party (PCF) 7,228 02.4 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 11,234 03.8 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 66,819 22.6 3 (-1) Union for French Democracy (UDF) 30,828 10.4 1 (-2) -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 59,240 20.0 - Others 61,507 20.8 1 (+1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 296,000 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Colmar: Gilbert Meyer (RPR) 02 Keyserberg: Marc Dumoulin (Ind) 2 03 Altkirch, Thann: Jean-Luc Reitzer (RPR) 04 Huningue: Jean Ueberschlag (RPR) 05 Mulhouse Est, Ouest, Sud: Jean-Marie Bockel (PS) 06 Mulhouse Nord: Jean-Jacques Weber (UDF) 1 07 Cernay: Jean-Marie Baeumler (PS) 1 Election annulled October 1997. Re-elected December 1997 2 Dumoulin joined the RPR in December 1998 Total Alsace (16 Deputies) ==================================================================== Party Votes % Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------- Socialist Party (PS) 131,337 18.6 3 (+3) Communist Party (PCF) 16,473 02.3 - Other left (Greens and PRS) 22,766 03.2 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rally for the Republic (RPR) 96,342 13.6 5 (-1) Union for French Democracy (UDF) 133,024 18.8 6 (-2) -------------------------------------------------------------------- National Front (FN) 148,481 21.0 - Others 158,280 22.4 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 706,703 16 --------------------------------------------------------------------