Invested by the National Rally in Sarthe, Marie-Caroline Le Pen, elder sister of Marine Le Pen, was aiming for a seat as a deputy during the second round of the legislative elections.
21:13 – Marie-Caroline Le Pen beaten in Sarthe, it’s official
A failed bet for Marie-Caroline Le Pen! The RN candidate, who came out on top in the first round in the 4th constituency of Sarthe, was defeated this Sunday in the legislative elections after a very close vote. The complete results transmitted by the Ministry of the Interior show a gap of 200 votes in favor of the left-wing candidate Elise Leboucher, credited with 50.23% of the votes against 49.77% for Marie-Caroline Le Pen. That is a final gap of 225 votes.
20:59 – Very close score in the 4th constituency of Sarthe for Marie-Caroline Le Pen
After 85% of the ballots have been counted, it would be very clever of anyone to say who will win in the 4th constituency of Sarthe in the second round of the legislative elections. Elise Leboucher is currently in the lead, but with just over 100 votes ahead of more than 45,000 ballots counted. She would be credited with 50.11% of the vote, compared to 49.89% for Marie-Caroline Le Pen, who came out on top in the first round.
20:24 –
Based on incomplete results calculated on the basis of 56.63% of registered voters received, issued by the Ministry of the Interior, Marie-Caroline Le Pen has, for the time being, collected 55.74% of the votes in the 4th constituency of Sarthe, against Elise Leboucher of the New Popular Front. There are still many ballots to be counted.
20:07 – RN defeated, Marie-Caroline Le Pen’s results awaited
This is the feeling, the first results published at 8pm this Sunday, July 7, see the RN far from its objective of an absolute majority. Worse, some polls even place it in 3rd position nationally in number of seats behind the New Popular Front and neck and neck with Ensemble. The RN would be credited with 130 to 160 seats of deputies, far from the absolute majority of 289 seats.
19:37 – Marie-Caroline Le Pen does not consider herself far right
Marine Le Pen’s older sister refused to speak to franceinfo at the end of the campaign. She refuses to have her party described as far-right: “That’s nice, but as long as you say we’re far-right, I won’t talk.” This is also the speech given by Jordan Bardella. His opponent, for his part, considered that “symbolically, it’s quite strong to send the Le Pen dynasty to the department” in order to “ride on people’s fears with a lot of lies.”
19:16 – What economic program do Marie-Caroline Le Pen and the RN defend?
First, the RN proposes to revalue earned income by a strong incentive to increase wages (allowing companies to increase wages by 10% up to three times the minimum wage, by exempting them from the increase in employer contributions for three to five years). Then, it plans to continue the reduction of production taxes (CVAE) to stimulate industrial establishments in France and to simplify the regulatory environment, in accordance with the general states of simplification launched during the time of emergencies. Finally, it also intends to negotiate a reform of the mandate of the ECB to turn it towards employment, productivity and the financing of long-term strategic projects.
18:51 – A return to politics in 2007
Despite this, she returned in 2007 to support her father’s last presidential campaign, then that of her sister, Marine Le Pen, in 2012. In 2022, Marie-Caroline Le Pen made a return to the political scene by running in the legislative elections in the 6th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine, although she was eliminated in the first round with only 7.36% of the vote. This Sunday, she remains in the running to obtain a seat in the National Assembly in this second round of the early legislative elections 2024.
18:24 – What is Marie-Caroline Le Pen’s political career?
Born into a highly politicized family, she worked to collect the hundred signatures needed to submit her father’s candidacy for the 1974 presidential election, before joining the National Youth Front a year later. After a few failed candidacies, she sat on the culture committee of the Ile-de-France regional council from 1986 to 1992. She left the position when she was elected regional councilor in Hauts-de-Seine following the 1992 elections. Her career then finally seemed to be working out: in March 1997, she was elected to the FN central committee, and in 1998, she was reappointed to her mandate as regional councilor for Ile-de-France. However, her political career took a decisive turn in 1998 when she followed the dissident Bruno Mégret, creating a major split within the FN and causing a falling out with her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen. The decision marks a long period of absence from the national political scene and a distance from his family.
17:44 – A “republican front” against Marie-Caroline Le Pen in Sarthe
Although the decision was not easy for the presidential majority candidate Sylvie Casenave-Péré, she still withdrew after her third place in the first round in the 4th constituency of Sarthe. A position welcomed by Elise Leboucher, Marie-Caroline Le Pen’s competitor in the second round: “I would have done it without hesitation if I had been third. I understand that she took her time, in fact there was little difference, so it was necessary to look at things calmly. I salute her republican gesture and her withdrawal”. If she starts as favorite after her good score in the first round, Marie-Caroline Le Pen will have to face a real “republican front” against her in François Fillon’s stronghold.
17:09 – “If I am elected, I will give up my mandate and come and settle in Sarthe” says Marie-Caroline Le Pen
Living in the Ile-de-France region, RN candidate Marie-Caroline Le Pen assured Ouest France last week that if she were to be elected, she would move immediately: “If I am elected, I will give up my mandate and come and settle in Sarthe. I came at the request of activists who said to themselves that perhaps I would be a good candidate against an LFI candidate. I accepted. When people tell me: there is a fight to be fought, you can perhaps help get a constituency through, well I’m coming! I think we can win,” she declared in the columns of the daily newspaper. Before acknowledging that “being called Le Pen helps.” The answer will be given this Sunday at 8 p.m. to find out whether or not Marie-Caroline Le Pen will be elected in Sarthe.
16:31 – Marie-Caroline Le Pen widely heckled in Sarthe, stronghold of François Fillon
Marie-Caroline Le Pen is struggling to make people forget her parachuting into Sarthe. On June 21, at the market in La Suze-sur-Sarthe, she was roundly insulted by supporters of the New Popular Front. “Waffen-SS”, “racist”, “parachuted”. To which the main person concerned replied that she had “no lessons to receive from supporters of an anti-Semitic party”. Clearly, the visit of Marine Le Pen’s older sister will not have left the best memory for the 4,500 inhabitants of this small town located thirty minutes’ drive from Le Mans (Sarthe). Not enough to discourage her, she is now qualified for the second round of these legislative elections and is even in a favorable position against the left.
Marie-Caroline Le Pen was nevertheless in a good position in the 4th constituency of Sarthe. Indeed, during the first round, Marine Le Pen’s older sister had achieved a good score of 39.29%, ahead of the candidate of the New Popular Front Elise Leboucher (25.94%) and that of the presidential majority (25.88%). Enough to consider this second round with a certain serenity, even if the Macronist candidate had announced that she was withdrawing, which should benefit the NFP in terms of vote transfer. Enough to block Marie-Caroline Le Pen’s path? The latter should benefit from the LR vote transfer (10% in the first round). The suspense was therefore total and was reflected in the ballot boxes with a 225-vote gap to the detriment of the RN candidate, finally beaten by Elise Leboucher.