Twenty-four ministers from the outgoing government were candidates for these early legislative elections, and their fates are currently still quite uncertain. Outgoing Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is doing well, with 43.9% of the votes, 9 points ahead of the New Popular Front candidate. Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, came first (36%) in his constituency in the North, followed by the candidate of the National Rally, Bastien Verbrugghe (34.3%).
Stéphane Séjourné, outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of the presidential party, came out on top by a wide margin (46.1%) in his constituency of Hauts-de-Seine, ahead of the candidate of the New Popular Front.
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Most ministers are currently in an unfavourable position. This is the case of Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, who is more than 18 points behind the RN candidate.
Several former members of the government also came in second position, such as the former Minister of Housing Guillaume Kasbarian, four points behind the RN candidate, or the former Minister of Health Frédéric Valletoux, less than two points behind the candidate from Jordan Bardella’s party.