The candidate of La France insoumise failed a few tenths of points from Marine Le Pen. According to the latest results from the Ministry of the Interior, which are based on 97% of registered voters, Emmanuel Macron comes first with 27.60% of the vote, followed by the representative of the RN with 23.41%. As for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, he remains third, at 21.95%.
“It’s an extraordinary result. Unfortunately, it won’t be enough to qualify for the second round. But what pride in how far we’ve come”published on Twitter, this night, Manuel Bompard, his campaign manager.
Grateful “the violence of disappointment” a few minutes after the announcement of the resultsthe principal interested party made the most important reside in the foundation of the “popular pole”. “Because it was there, all kinds of people were able to lean on it to cast a vote and get us to this point. Battles are coming before you.” And to continue: “Let’s not make the mistake of going astray, as soon as we enter the path. We know who we will never vote for. (…) We will never lose our confidence in democracy. Therefore, you must not give voice to Madame Le Pen, we must not give a single voice to Madame Le Pen.”
Jean-Luc Mélenchon can still boast of having been the most powerful among two important parts of the population: 18-24 year olds and 25-34 year olds.
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