All the candidates for the second round of the legislative elections are known. Find out who qualified and who withdrew in your constituency.
15:27 – Faced with Eric Ciotti, LR and NFP remain in the second round
In the first constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes, Craig Monetti announced that he would remain in the second round despite coming 3rd (22.79%), behind the president of LR and allied with National Rally Eric Ciotti (41.04%), and the NFP-LFI candidate (26.62%). He justified this decision by declaring: “I believe that the score we made yesterday evening and the 11,588 voters who trusted me oblige me. They did not vote for me yesterday for me to withdraw today”. Despite Gabriel Attal’s request to the candidates of his group, to withdraw each time that the maintenance could play in the RN’s favor, the Ensemble candidate said he made this choice to give the people of Nice another choice than that between LFI and the RN.
10:26 – Essonne: Nicolas Dupont-Aignan pushed out after 27 years in the Assembly?
In the 8th constituency of Essonne, Nicolas Dupont-Aigan could well be overtaken in the race for deputy. Elected since 1997, he came in second place in the first round (32%), behind the NFP candidate Bérenger Cernon (34%), but ahead of the LR candidate François Durovray (27%). The latter is maintaining his candidacy to block Nicolas Dupont-Aignan’s path. This This triangular election could therefore give rise to a small political earthquake for the president of Debout La France. Indeed, he could well be ousted from the National Assembly after nearly 27 years of sitting.
10:06 – Valérie Rabault, vice-president of the Assembly in an unfavorable position in Tarn-et-Garonne
In the 1st constituency of Tarn-et-Garonne, the outgoing socialist deputy Valérie Rabault (NFP), vice-president of the National Assembly, is in difficulty. She came second in the first round (36% of the vote) and will face the LR mayor of Montauban, Brigite Barèges (43%) supported by the RN, in the second round.
On the other hand, she should be able to benefit from the transfer of votes from the presidential majority candidate Catherine Simonin-Benazet, who achieved a score of 15% in the first round, without managing to qualify. She called for a vote for Valérie Rabault “because she is the best placed to enter a Republican coalition” she indicated on France Bleu. Will this support be enough to allow the outgoing socialist deputy to win? Answer this Sunday at 8 p.m.
09:36 – Eure-et-Loir: too much of a delay for Olivier Marleix (LR) against the RN?
A delicate situation for Olivier Marleix. In the 2nd constituency of Eure-et-Loir, the president of the LR group in the National Assembly came in 2nd place in the first round with 25% of the vote, behind the RN candidate Olivier Dubois (38%), but ahead of the NFP candidate Nadia Faveris with a difference of less than 150 votes. In this configuration, will he be able to benefit from the transfer of votes from his NFP counterpart?
On paper, it is difficult to imagine, however, the first secretary of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure was clear in calling for the systematic withdrawal of left-wing candidates “as soon as there is a risk of electing an RN candidate”. If he were to catch up with the National Rally and win this constituency of Eure-et-Loire, Olivier Marleix will therefore be able to thank the New Popular Front, but the task looks relatively complicated in the face of a powerful RN in this territory.
09:04 – Corrèze: François Hollande favorite in his three-way race
In the 1st constituency of Corrèze, the former President of the Republic François Hollande came out on top in the first round with 37% of the votes cast. In the second, he will be engaged in a three-way race against RN candidate Maïtey Pouget (30.89%) and the Republican candidate of Francis Dubois (28.64%). In this territory, François Hollande is the favorite, while none of the three candidates will be able to rely on significant reserves of votes. It seems like a real chance for the New Popular Front to impose itself even if nothing is yet decided four days before the second round.
08:45 – Total uncertainty for François Ruffin (NFP) in the Somme
The latter should benefit from the transfer of votes from the Ensemble candidate, Albane Branlant: “I make a difference between political adversaries and the enemies of the Republic” she declared when she withdrew her candidacy. Will her votes be enough? It’s hard to say, particularly given the very good score achieved by the RN in this constituency with more than 40% of the votes cast. “We’ll go get them, with our teeth, in the coming week. Let’s fight!” declared François Ruffin after the first round. The answer will be this Sunday at 8 p.m. to find out the result of this constituency which promises to be particularly explosive.
08:32 – The Minister of Agriculture in an unfavorable position against the RN
In the 1st constituency of Loir-et-Cher, the Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau qualified for the second round of the legislative elections (34.56%) but is in an unfavorable position against the RN candidate Marine Bardet (35.22%). He could, however, benefit from the transfer of votes from the NFP candidate Reda Belkadi (15% in the first round), who had his investiture withdrawn by La France insoumise for anti-Semitic messages published in 2018.
With only a few hundred votes behind, Marc Fesneau can legitimately hope to win in the second round, but nothing is yet decided for this member of the government who will start with a slight delay on the starting line, Sunday, in the second round of the early legislative elections in one of the many duels opposing the presidential majority to the National Rally.
08:05 – Calvados: Elisabeth Borne elected… thanks to the Insoumis?
In the 6th constituency of Calvados, the situation may seem comical to some, dramatic to others, or even unprecedented. At the end of the first round, the NFP candidate Noé Gauchard (23%), decided to withdraw to leave the field open… To Elisabeth Borne. The former Prime Minister, who came second (28%) behind the RN candidate Nicolas Calbrix (36%) will have the heavy responsibility of bringing together the far left of the French political spectrum up to the presidential majority and Horizons.
After countless upheavals between her former government and the left-wing deputies, particularly on the stormy adoption of the pension reform, Elisabeth Borne could well be elected by benefiting from the transfer of votes from the Insoumis Noé Gauchard. Indeed, the 23% achieved by the candidate who came in 3rd position in Calvados should, for the most part, go into Elisabeth Borne’s bag. Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s instructions being clear on the subject, no votes for the National Rally.
Triangular races most often have the effect of facilitating the victory of the candidate who came in first in the first round of voting. In this case, many candidates from the National Rally were in a position to win after last Sunday’s vote. But several personalities and political parties have called for the withdrawal of their candidates who came in third place in each constituency to block the far right and avoid the dispersion of votes.
The member parties of the New Popular Front have opted for this strategy and announced the systematic withdrawal of their candidates who qualified in third place in a three-way race. Deprived of a candidate, the parties then plan to vote for the candidate facing the RN, not out of support but above all to prevent a victory for the Le Pen party and its allies.
While the left was clear about the withdrawal of its least well-placed candidates, the presidential majority was more vague with instructions that could differ depending on the personalities. Gabriel Attal, Prime Minister and leader of the presidential camp during this campaign, called for the withdrawal of all candidates who came third in favor of an opponent other than the RN, others balked or even refused to see their candidacies disappear to leave the way clear for La France Insoumise. About fifteen candidates from the presidential majority ultimately remained in the three-way and four-way races where the RN is likely to win.
Each party has presented hundreds of candidates in the legislative elections, but some are to be followed more closely in their constituency because of the electoral stakes, the possible political swings expected or the government functions occupied by the candidates.
Among the rebels, two camps are opposed. First, there are those invested by the New Popular Front: François Ruffin came 2nd behind the RN in his constituency (Somme), but also heavyweights like Manuel Bompard (Bouches-du-Rhône) or Clémentine Autain (Seine-Saint-Denis). Then there are those who, although rebels and/or outgoing deputies, were not invested by the Mélenchonist party, according to them because of the disagreements they expressed with the leader: Alexis Corbière (Seine-Saint-Denis), Danielle Simonnet (Paris), Frédéric Mathieu (Ille-et-Vilaine) and Hendrik Davi (Bouches-du-Rhône). LFI also decided to invest the NPA activist Philippe Poutou in Aude and the latter narrowly qualified.
On the socialist side, François Hollande is still a candidate in Corrèze. Another surprising candidacy: that of Emmanuel Macron’s former Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, invested by Place publique who came out on top in Yvelines. The latter had left the government following the vote on the immigration law.
While 24 ministers are candidates in the legislative elections, none managed to get elected in the first round. Qualified for duels or three-way races in the second round, will those who came in first be elected like Gabriel Attal or Stéphane Séjourné in Hauts-de-Seine or Gérald Darmanin in the North? Will those who came in second be able to reverse the trend? We must also keep an eye on former ministers like the former head of government Elisabeth Borne in Calvados or the former Minister of Health Olivier Véran. The parliamentary group will in any case be small: the vast majority of candidates who came in third withdrew where there was an RN risk.
Within the far-right union, several candidates were elected in the first round, including several heavyweights. But there are still several candidates in the running, including Eric Ciotti. The contested president of the Republicans came out on top in his constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes, but faces a three-way race in which the majority candidate who came third refuses to withdraw. Among the rare outgoing LR deputies who followed Eric Ciotti in his alliance, there is Meyer Habib, in the 8th constituency of French people living outside France.
He is not part of the far-right union and even left Les Républicains because of the alliance concluded by Eric Ciotti, but he remains located on the right of the political spectrum: Aurélien Pradié. An independent candidate, he nevertheless came out on top in his constituency of Lot.