Moselle's 6th constituency
# Moselle's 6th constituency

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, $Forbach^1,$ 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. 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 | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1958 | Jean Coumaros | UNR |
| | 1962 | Jean Coumaros | UNR |
| | 1967 | Jean Coumaros | UDR |
| | 1968 | Jean Coumaros | UDR |
| | 1973 | Anne-Marie Fritsch | RM |
| | 1978 | Jean-Éric Bousch | RPR |
| | 1981 | Paul Bladt | PS |
| 1986 | 1986 | Proportional representation - no election by constituency | Proportional representation - no election by constituency |
| | 1988 | Charles Metzinger 1 | PS |
| | 1993 | Pierre Lang | UDF |
| | 1997 | Roland Metzinger | PS |
| | 2002 | Pierre Lang | 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.

## Election results

### 2022

Legislative Election 2022: Moselle's 6th constituency :

| Party | 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 |
| | The Patriots (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 | Turnout | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 21,715 | 34.50 | -1.97 |
| | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM | RN gain from LREM |

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

### 2017

| Candidate | Candidate | Label | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | 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 | Votes | Votes | 25,801 | 100.00 | 24,019 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 25,801 | 98.16 | 24,019 | 93.92 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 332 | 1.26 | 1,203 | 4.70 |
| Null votes | Null votes | Null votes | 151 | 0.57 | 352 | 1.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,284 | 37.48 | 25,574 | 36.47 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 43,849 | 62.52 | 44,558 | 63.53 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 70,133 | | 70,132 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 2012

Legislative Election 2012: Moselle's 6th constituency :

| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 34,049 | 47.10 | |
| 2nd round result ||||||
| | PS | Laurent Kalinowski | 17,762 | 53.70 | |
| | FN | Florian Philippot | 15,317 | 46.30 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,079 | 45.76 | |
| | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP | PS gain from UMP |
