Who are the ministers candidates for the 2024 legislative elections and in which constituencies?

More than half of the members of Gabriel Attal’s government are back on the campaign trail for the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, 2024. Who are they and in which constituencies are they candidates? Overview.

One week before the first round of the legislative elections on June 30, 24 government ministers are in the campaign to seek a new mandate as deputy, like Prime Minister Gabriel Attal who is running in the 10th constituency of Hauts-de- Seine in Vanves, where he was elected by almost 60% against the PS candidate. 11 ministers of the Attal government, on the other hand, have chosen not to run in the early legislative elections of 2024, including Bruno Le Maire, concerned about a renewal of political staff. “When I say that we must limit the number of deputy mandates to three, in general, I keep my word,” he announced on June 11 on BFM TV. Find out below which government ministers are returning to the political arena or not.

Some former members of the government are running for a position in the National Assembly. This is notably the case of Olivier Véran in Isère, Elisabeth Borne in Calvados or even Aurélien Rousseau, former Minister of Health for Emmanuel Macron and former chief of staff of Elisabeth Borne in Matignon, who announced this Friday his candidacy for the “New Popular Front” in the seventh constituency of Yvelines, in the name of the fight against the National Rally. Find out which former emblematic government ministers are candidates in their constituencies.

Who are the government ministers running in the 2024 legislative elections?

24 ministers and delegated ministers of the government are running for these crucial 2024 legislative elections, including suspended Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. Among these, 13 ministers are candidates from outside Île-de-France. Who are they and in which constituencies are they running?

• Gabriel Attal in Hauts-de-Seine : the Prime Minister presents himself in his constituency, 10^e from Hauts-de-Seine to Vanves, where he won 59.85% of the votes in 2022, against the socialist Cécile Soubelet (40.15%). Faced with the Renaissance deputies, he promised to go “to the end of [son] duty” to “avoid the worst” in these elections where the National Rally (RN) is largely favored against Emmanuel Macron’s camp.
• Stéphane Stayed in Hauts-de-Seine : the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Secretary General of the Renaissance party is trying his luck for the first time in the 9th constituency in Boulogne-Billancourt, held since 2022 by the Renaissance deputy Emmanuel Pellerin, arrested for cocaine consumption during his mandate. Stéphane Séjourné is also responsible for “organizing” the campaign as Secretary General of Renaissance.
• Prisca Thevenot in Hauts-de-Seine : the government spokesperson announced her candidacy in her original constituency: the 8th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine. “Out of the question of leaving the country in the hands of the extremes. Out of the question of giving up in the face of Le Pen and Mélenchon,” she commented on social networks.
• Stanislas Guerini in Paris : the Minister of Transformation and the Public Service is running again in his original constituency: the 3rd Paris constituency.
• Olivia Grégoire in Paris : the Minister Delegate in charge of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Commerce, Crafts and Tourism is a candidate for re-election in the 12th constituency of Paris.
• Jean-Noël Barrot in Yvelines : the Minister Delegate for Europe is representing himself in the 2nd constituency of Yvelines, where he has been elected since 2017.
• Aurore Bergé in Yvelines : the Minister responsible for Equality is running in the 10th^e Yvelines constituency. Guest of BFMTV, she affirmed that it was “the most important election of our lives”.
• Marie Lebec in Yvelines : the Minister Delegate responsible for relations with Parliament presents herself again in the 4^e constituency of Yvelines, calling on
• Franck Riester in Seine-et-Marne : the Minister Delegate in charge of Foreign Trade will run in the 5th constituency of Seine-et-Marne. He announced on X that he wanted to “provide concrete answers in the service of the general interest”.
• Frédéric Valletoux in Seine-et-Marne : the Minister of Health returns to the campaign in the 2nd constituency of Seine-et-Marne (Fontainebleau – Nemours – La Chapelle-la-Reine). “I wish to continue, as I have done for two years, to take a singular, republican and humanist path in the national debate,” he announced.
• Marie Guévenoux in Essonne : the Minister Delegate in charge of Overseas is representing herself in the 9th constituency of Essonne, known as Draveil – Ris-Orangis, calling for “the coming together of moderates and true republicans”.
• Gérald Darmanin in the North : with the intention of “clarifying things”, he declared Monday on TF1, the Minister of the Interior is putting his title of deputy back on the line in the 10^e Northern constituency where he won in 2022 with 57.52% against a Nupes candidate.
• Agnès Pannier-Runacher in Pas-de-Calais : the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Agriculture is a candidate in the 2nd constituency of Pas-de-Calais, where “she has lived for several years”. However, it is a first for her to run in the legislative elections.
• Marc Fesneau in Loir-et-Cher : the Minister of Agriculture will face Marc Gricourt (PS mayor of Blois) in the first constituency of Loir-et-Cher, where he was elected in 2022.
• Sarah El Haïry in Loire-Atlantique : the Minister Delegate in charge of Children, Youth and Families is running again in the 5th constituency of Loire-Atlantique (Carquefou, La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, Ligné, Nantes VIII, Nort-sur-Erdre). Guest of France Bleu Loire Océan, she announced that she wanted “a majority for a country which respects itself, which calls for neither lies nor brothel”.
• Thomas Cazenave in Gironde : the Minister Delegate for Public Accounts of France is running in the 1st constituency of Gironde which includes part of the city of Bordeaux. On his social networks, he declares that he is “once again a candidate to embody this path of moderation in the face of extremes”.
• Sabrina Agresti-Roubache in Bouches-du-Rhône : the Secretary of State in charge of the City of France is running again in the 1st constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône, where she was narrowly elected in 2022 against her opponent from the RN. “I refuse to let the extreme right win the 1st constituency, just like the 2nd and the 6th,” she explained to La Provence.
• Patricia Mirallès in Hérault : the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces, in charge of Veterans and Memory, announced “get back into the ring” in the 1st constituency of Hérault, where she has been elected since 2017. “It will be necessary for the French people decide: do they want a far-right government? It’s up to me to convince them. I don’t think I have betrayed my voters since 2022.
• Marina Ferrari in Savoie : the Secretary of State for Digital Affairs is a candidate for the legislative elections in her 1st constituency of Savoie. “I am more determined than ever to go and fight the extremes,” she said on France Bleu Pays de Savoie on Thursday June 13.
• Guillaume Kasbarian in Eure-et-Loir : the Minister Delegate for Housing represents his candidacy in the 1st constituency of Eure-et-Loir which includes the city of Chartres. “Loyal to my territory and to the Eurelians, I will have the honor of submitting once again to your votes and convincing you to renew your confidence in me,” he indicated.
• Dominique Faure in Haute-Garonne : the Minister Delegate in charge of Rurality will run again in the 10th constituency of Haute-Garonne. “If some are reluctant to go back to the campaign, others do it with a smile,” she commented in a publication on X.
• Fadila Khattabi in Côte d’Or : the minister responsible for disabled people is representing herself in the 3rd constituency of Côte d’Or against the “extremes”.
• Hervé Berville in Côtes-d’Armor : the Secretary of State for the Sea and Biodiversity is a candidate in the 2nd constituency of Côtes-d’Armor (Dinan). “We are leaving as a pair because we want to continue to defend the territory and work on very concrete priorities for the inhabitants of the constituency and the future of France,” he explained to Ouest France.
• Roland Lescure in the constituency of the French of North America : the Minister for Industry and Energy represents himself in the 1^D constituency of French people in North America (Canada and the United States), calling on social networks for a “large liberal, democratic and resolutely social gathering” against the “danger” of the National Rally.

Former government ministers running for the 2024 legislative elections

Former members of the executive who once embodied the presidential majority are returning to the campaign. Some even under a label that is not that of the majority. Which of the former ministers will present their candidacy for the early legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, 2024 and where?

• Aurélien Rousseau in Yvelines : the former Minister of Health, who left the Borne government following the vote on the immigration law carried by Darmanin, is a candidate for the “New Popular Front” in the 7th constituency of Yvelines. “The RN must not come to power. Alongside Raphaël Glucksmann, strong in my values, republican, universalist, for progress and emancipation, I am committed to the dynamic of bringing together the left Popular Front, the only one capable to block the extreme right,” he announced on X.
• Damien Abad in Ain : the former Minister of Solidarity is a candidate under the Diverse right shade in the fifth district of Ain. He had been dismissed by his Renaissance party for accusations of rape.
• Elisabeth Borne in Calvados : the former Prime Minister presents herself again in her 6^e constituency of Calvados.
• Olivier Véran in Isère : the former government spokesperson is a candidate for re-election in the 1st constituency of Isère: “everyone knows my fight against the National Rally, I went to see their damage in all the municipalities they lead. And there , to imagine them being able to achieve power, it froze me,” he confided to Dauphiné Libéré.
• Jérôme Peyrat in Dordogne : the former advisor to Emmanuel Macron presents his candidacy without label in the 4th constituency of Dordogne. He had been convicted of domestic violence. “With what I have known, I am no longer afraid of anything, with what I have endured, what my loved ones have had to endure, I am no longer afraid of anything,” he announced from France Bleu.
• Yaël Braun-Pivet in Yvelines : the outgoing president of the National Assembly, former Minister of Overseas Territories and figure of the majority, is running in the 5^e Yvelines constituency.

Government ministers who are not running in the 2024 legislative elections

These are the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti, the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, the Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu, the Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu, the Minister of Transport Patrice Vergriete, Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Minister of Education Nicole Belloubet, Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity Catherine Vautrin, Minister of Higher Education Sylvie Retailleau and the Secretary of State for Development and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou.