Deputy for the 8th constituency of French people living outside France for 10 years, Meyer Habib will no longer sit in the Assembly.
Surprise in this second round of the legislative elections. Meyer Habib, outgoing LR deputy from the 8th constituency abroad, will not return to the benches of the National Assembly. Elected since 2023, he lost his place in the hemicycle to his Macronist opponent Caroline Yadan. He only received 47.30% of the votes. Not enough to beat Caroline Yadan, who received 52.70% of the votes. Despite an increase in participation, the transfer of votes was preferable to his opponent. For the politician who was running in a territory that included Israel, Palestine, Italy and Turkey, it is quite a surprise since he came out on top in the first round with an 11-point lead over his opponent.
What result for Meyer Habib in the legislative elections?
Meyer Habib was therefore not re-elected as a member of parliament. However, in the first round, voters had placed him in the lead. The outgoing member of parliament, running for re-election under the LR label, had collected 35.58% of the votes cast among expatriates from Cyprus, Malta, Greece, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Italy and Turkey. Meyer Habib had therefore easily qualified for the second round of the legislative elections, which pitted him against the Macronist candidate Caroline Yadan. The latter had obtained 24.18% of the votes last Sunday.
The RN had chosen not to invest a candidate to face Meyer Habib, creating ambiguity around his participation in the alliance led by Eric Ciotti. LR had therefore invested Aurélie Assouline to face him, who came in fifth place with 4.09% of the vote.