Gabriel Attal came out on top in the first round of the legislative elections in his Hauts-de-Seine constituency, but failed to be elected. The Prime Minister has reason to fear for his continued presence at Matignon after the vote, given the national figures.
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- Gabriel Attal qualified for the second round of the legislative elections during the poll on Sunday June 30 with 43.85% of the votes in the 10th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine, without managing to be elected with the majority of votes.
- Gabriel Attal’s result in the legislative elections will give rise to a duel between the Prime Minister and the candidate of the New Popular Front who also qualified for the 2nd round. The postponement of votes, particularly those of the right could benefit the presidential majority.
- “Not a single vote should go to the National Rally” declared Gabriel after the announcement of the results of the legislative elections which gave the extreme right the lead in the poll. The presidential majority came in third place. The Prime Minister called on the candidates who came in third place to withdraw to avoid giving victories to the RN.
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08:22 – Gabriel Attal and the ministers gathered around Emmanuel Macron this Monday
The day after the first round of the legislative elections, Emmanuel Macron is calling his government for a meeting of 12, as announced by Le Progrès. The interview could be an opportunity to clarify the voting instructions for the second round of voting: will the majority opt for the systematic withdrawal of candidates who came in 3rd in the face of an RN victory, as Gabriel Attal called it? Or will it choose on a case-by-case basis? The position of the presidential camp is being closely scrutinized by the left, which is calling for a blockade of the RN no matter what.
07:41 – Gabriel Attal is one of the 11 ministers who came first
There were 24 ministers who were candidates in the legislative elections, there were 11 last night who came out on top in the first round and Gabriel Attal was one of them. The re-election of the Prime Minister seems possible, but nothing is yet certain before the results of the second round of the legislative elections.
07:36 – A duel for Gabriel Attal in the 2nd round of the legislative elections
It is a duel that will be played out in the 10th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine, the one where Gabriel Attal is a candidate, for the second round of the legislative elections. The Prime Minister came out on top with 43.85% of the vote ahead of the candidate of the New Popular Front (35.53%) and that of the extreme right (13.21%). The configuration opposing the presidential majority and the left could benefit Gabriel Attal’s camp which could recover the votes of the right.
07:05 – Gabriel Attal calls for the withdrawal of candidates from his camp who came in 3rd position
“The extreme right is at the gates of power. Never, in the history of our democracy, has the National Assembly risked, as this evening, being dominated by the extreme right. Our objective is clear: to prevent the National Rally to have an absolute majority in the second round, to dominate the National Assembly and to govern the country with the disastrous project which is its own” declared Gabriel Attal in a serious tone after the publication of the results of the legislative elections.
Gabriel Attal clarified the instructions for his qualified candidates in the second round with one objective: “Not one vote must go to the National Rally”. “In several hundred constituencies our Together for the Republic candidates will be present in the second round and will constitute the best choice to prevent the RN from having an absolute majority. In other constituencies, this will involve the withdrawal of our candidates whose maintenance in 3rd position would have elected RN candidates”. An assumed strategy which may not be respected everywhere.
00:18 – 43.85% of the votes for Attal according to the final results
We know the final results in the 10th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine, the one where the current Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, was running for re-election. The Ensemble candidate took the lead after the first round of the legislative elections with 43.85% of the votes. He is ahead of the candidate of the New Popular Front, Cécile Soubelet, credited with 35.53% of the votes. There will therefore be a duel in the second round since the candidate nominated by the LR-RN, Sébastien Laye who came 3rd, obtains only 13% of the votes and cannot qualify for the second round.
06/30/24 – 10:35 p.m. – Attal still in the lead after nearly 70% of ballots counted
The count is progressing in the 10th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine where Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is a candidate for re-election as a member of parliament. The candidate Ensemblee is still credited with a good lead after 69.37% of the ballots counted. He is currently credited with 45.38% of the votes. In 2nd place, we find the candidate invested by the New Popular Front, Cécile Soubelet with 33.43% of the votes. Please note that these are still partial results.
06/30/24 – 10:12 p.m. – Gabriel Attal clearly ahead in the first round according to initial partial results
A first partial result fell in the 10th constituency of Hauts de Seine. After 57.1% of the ballots have been counted, Gabriel Attal is in the lead with 46% of the votes on these ballots already counted. The Ensemble and Prime Minister candidate would clearly be ahead of the NFP candidate Cécile Soubelet, credited with 32% of the votes for the moment and in a position to accompany her in the second round.
06/30/24 – 10:06 p.m. – “Not one vote must go to the National Rally”
Two hours after the announcement of the first results, Gabriel Attal took the floor to give a voting instruction for the second round of the legislative elections: “not a single vote should go to the National Rally” he hammered home. “In such circumstances, France deserves that we never hesitate. It is our moral duty to do everything to prevent the worst from happening”. He thus calls for the election of candidates “attached to the values of the Republic”, of which he believes that the representatives of the presidential majority are the best guarantors. However, in the event that a candidate from the Ensemble coalition comes in third place in a three-way race, he calls for the “withdrawal of our candidate, whose maintenance in 3rd position would result in the election of a candidate from the RN”. “The situation is clear: the challenge of this second round is to deprive the far right of an absolute majority”, he concludes.
06/30/24 – 9:19 p.m. – “We will withdraw in favor of candidates able to beat the RN” announces Renaissance
While Gabriel Attal has still not spoken, Renaissance (Emmanuel Macron’s party) published a press release on voting instructions: “In the constituencies where our candidates came in 3rd position, we will withdraw from the vote. benefit from candidates able to beat the National Rally and with whom we share the essential: the values of the Republic.”
06/30/24 – 8:29 p.m. – In Hauts-de-Seine, strong mobilization compared to 2022
As everywhere else in France, voters in Hauts-de-Seine, the department in which Gabriel Attal, mobilized this Sunday. If the final participation is not yet known, the latest figures, published at 5 p.m., indicated that 55.3% of those registered had traveled, compared to 37.1% at the same time two years ago. Will this be favorable to the Prime Minister?
What is Gabriel Attal’s result in the first round of the 2024 legislative elections?
Candidate in the 10th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine for the third consecutive time, Gabriel Attal does not yet know his result. In Hauts-de-Seine, the polling stations closed at 8 p.m. The Prime Minister was notably challenging Cécile Soubelet, candidate of the New Popular Front, who had made it to the second round in 2022, already facing the current head of government. The final results put Gabriel Attal in the lead with 43.85% of the vote. The Prime Minister will face the candidate of the New Popular Front in a duel in the second round.
Why can Gabriel Attal leave Matignon?
For now, this result in the 1st round does not suggest anything about the final result of the election in the 10th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine, next Sunday. Thus, the current Prime Minister still does not know what his future will hold. Gabriel Attal’s political future depends on the results of the legislative elections, as much on that obtained by the Prime Minister in his constituency as that of the presidential majority at the national level. The tenant of Matignon will not be determined at the end of the first round organized this Sunday, June 30, but once the second round scheduled for July 7 is also completed.
The victory of the presidential camp and obtaining a majority in the National Assembly seems however very uncertain, especially after the results of the first round. In the event of defeat, the head of state would probably have to replace the head of government either with a Prime Minister from the camp that has become the majority in the National Assembly – Jordan Bardella or Jean-Luc Mélenchon have already come forward – or with a Prime Minister capable of bringing together a broader coalition majority ranging from the right of the Republicans to the left of the Social Democrats.
At the end of the legislative elections and whatever the result of the vote, however, nothing obliges the Prime Minister to resign. Its maintenance would not be difficult if the presidential camp retains a majority, but it would become difficult or even impossible if another force becomes the majority. This could table and have a motion of censure against Gabriel Attal adopted at the first meeting of the National Assembly, reversing the government of Gabriel Attal to replace it with another.
But Gabriel Attal’s resignation is not an obligation, custom dictates that within 24 to 48 hours following the election, the French Prime Minister presents the resignation of his government regardless of the results in the ballot boxes as a “courtesy” and even if he can be reappointed in the aftermath. The President can then refuse or accept it.