Bas-Rhin, Circonscription 4 — Legislative Election Results

Bas-Rhin, Circonscription 4 was won by Yves Bur (UDF) at the 1997 legislative election, with 71.9% of the vote in the deciding round, a margin of 43.8 points over Front National. This page covers every legislative election on record in Bas-Rhin, Circonscription 4 from 1958 to 1997.

France elects this seat over two rounds: a seat can be won outright in round one with an absolute majority, or go to a runoff between the top qualifiers. Results below show whichever round actually decided the seat. For 1958-1981, the source data reports results by party/political family only, not by individual candidate name; from 1988 onward the source reports named candidates, and this page shows them. See the sourcing note below.

Results by Election

ElectionRoundWinnerVote ShareRunner-upMargin
1958 2 UNR (Gaullist) 54.0% MRP (Mouvement Républicain Populaire) (46.0%) 8.1 pts
1962 1 (outright) UNR-UDT (Gaullist) 64.6% MRP (Mouvement Républicain Populaire) (30.2%) 34.4 pts
1967 1 (outright) Union des Démocrates pour la Vème République 50.3% Centre Démocrate (40.2%) 10.0 pts
1968 1 (outright) UDR (Gaullist) 65.5% Centre Progrès et Démocratie Moderne (24.9%) 40.6 pts
1973 2 UDR-URP (joint list) 52.8% Divers réformateurs (47.2%) 5.6 pts
1978 2 UDF 72.0% PS-MRG (27.9%) 44.1 pts
1981 2 UDF 38.8% Parti Socialiste (33.4%) 5.4 pts
1988 2 Andre Durr (RPR) 63.3% Claude Fritsch (Parti Socialiste) (36.7%) 26.7 pts
1997 2 Yves Bur (UDF) 71.9% Georges Pirre Noth (Front National) (28.1%) 43.8 pts

Winning Margin Over Time

1958: UNR (Gaullist) margin 8.1 pts 1962: UNR-UDT (Gaullist) margin 34.4 pts 1967: Union des Démocrates pour la Vème République margin 10.0 pts 1968: UDR (Gaullist) margin 40.6 pts 1973: UDR-URP (joint list) margin 5.6 pts 1978: UDF margin 44.1 pts 1981: UDF margin 5.4 pts 1988: RPR margin 26.7 pts 1997: UDF margin 43.8 pts 1958 1962 1967 1968 1973 1978 1981 1988 1997

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bas-Rhin, Circonscription 4 in the 1997 legislative election?

Yves Bur (UDF) won the seat of Bas-Rhin, Circonscription 4 in 1997 with 71.9% of the vote in the deciding round, a margin of 43.8 points over Front National.

Which parties have won Bas-Rhin, Circonscription 4 since 1958?

Since 1958, Bas-Rhin, Circonscription 4 has been won by: RPR, UDF, UDR (Gaullist), UDR-URP (joint list), UNR (Gaullist), UNR-UDT (Gaullist), Union des Démocrates pour la Vème République.

What was the closest result on record in Bas-Rhin, Circonscription 4?

The closest result on record for Bas-Rhin, Circonscription 4 was 1981, when UDF beat Parti Socialiste by just 5.4 percentage points.