ZEMMOUR. Eric Zemmour did not qualify for the second round of legislative elections this Sunday, June 12. Candidate in the 4th constituency of the Var, the leader of Reconquest! was severely beaten.
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[Mis à jour le 12 juin 2022 à 00h35] No second round in the 2022 legislative elections for Eric Zemmour! The former polemicist, who presented himself in the 4th district of Var, to represent his new party Reconquest!, appears beaten this Sunday evening and preceded by two candidates according to the results transmitted by the Ministry of the Interior.
What is Eric Zemmour’s result in the legislative elections?
The final results sent by the services of Place Beauvau confirm this. Eric Zemmour is placed in 3rd position there with 23.19% of the vote, behind Sereine Mauborgne, candidate of the presidential majority coalition Together (28.51%) but also Philippe Lottiaux (RN) with 24.74% of the vote. Having failed to gather 12.5% of voters, Eric Zemmour will not be in the second round of the legislative elections.
For Eric Zemmour, 2022 is therefore the year of the first attempts in politics, but also that of the first failures. To reach the second round of the legislative election, Eric Zemmour had to obtain 12.5% of the votes in relation to the number of registered voters (and not in relation to the number of votes cast). While the abstention is massive, the challenge is clearly missed. From the crested Saint-Tropez to the hinterland, the territory of the 4 district of the Var was “a small summary of France” according to Eric Zemmour, parachuted on the shores of the Mediterranean, in a sector which could be favorable to him . During the ballot, Eric Zemmour faced seven candidates: Sereine Mauborgne (LREM), Sabrine Ribeiro Teixeira (Animalist Party), Sabine Cristofani-Viglione (Nupes), Marie-Christine Hamel (LR), Pascale Morel (LO), Valérie Terrazzoni (Ecologist), Chantal Sarrut (Ecologist) and Philippe Lottiaux (RN).
During the campaign for the legislative elections, Eric Zemmour once again tried to achieve “the union of the rights”, a project that is dear to him. But the National Rally and Les Républicains refused him. To the chagrin of the president of Reconquest! who has yet, once again, ensured to be “the one who can bring together all the rights and all the right-wing people”, he who advocated the gathering “of the popular classes and a patriotic bourgeoisie.” A leitmotif that would make him “the only right-wing candidate” according to him, refusing to be equated with the far right. A speech that does not seem to have been heard…
Eric Zemmour candidate … but not a voter in the Var
Eric Zemmour could not tip the result of the legislative elections in the 4th district of Var in his favor. If the polemicist aspires to become deputy of the territory, he is not registered on the local electoral rolls. Indeed, the sexagenarian has no place of residence in this territory and nothing obliges legislative candidates to be registered in one of the municipalities of the constituency. His name therefore remained on the list of an office in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, as for the presidential election. Eric Zemmour, however, did not go there to vote but had assured that he wanted to take part in the ballot via a power of attorney.