Gérald Darmanin has qualified for the second round of the legislative elections in the 10th constituency of the North. We take stock of the final results.
The battle is set to be tough for Gérald Darmanin. In the 10th constituency of Tourcoing, the Minister of the Interior came out on top in the first round of the legislative elections, this Sunday, June 30. According to the final results communicated by the Ministry of the Interior, the mayor of Tourcoing received 36.03% of the votes cast and qualified for this second round. But he narrowly beat Bastien Verbrugghe, RN candidate, who obtained 34.31% of the votes. At the end of the first round, a three-way race was emerging in this constituency, since Leslie Mortreux, candidate of the New Popular Front, came third, with 24.82% of the votes cast.
This three-way race would have become a duel in the 10th constituency of Tourcoing. To block the National Rally, Jean-Luc Mélenchon announced that the candidates of the New Popular Front would withdraw in the event of a three-way race in which an NFP candidate would end up in third place, which is the case for Leslie Mortreux. In this case, as announced The world This Monday, Leslie Mortreux would have withdrawn. However, she has not officially communicated on her social networks.
What results for Gérald Darmanin in the 2024 legislative elections?
Elected as a member of parliament in 2012 and in 2022, Gérald Darmanin is on familiar ground by running in the 10th constituency of the North. The mayor of Tourcoing was elected with 57.5% of the vote two years ago, and left his deputy, Vincent Ledoux, sitting in the Palais Bourbon while he served as Minister of the Interior in the Borne and Attal governments. This Sunday, June 30, he came out on top again, with 36.03% of the vote against RN candidate Bastien Verbrugghe (34.31%) and Leslie Mortreux of the New Popular Front (24.82%). Gérald Darmanin therefore did not obtain the required majority and will hand over a ballot in his name to voters for the second round on July 7.
Gérald Darmanin thus defied the national trend by coming first in his stronghold of the 10th constituency of the North. On a national scale, the presidential majority came third in the votes cast, behind the National Rally and the New Popular Front.