The results fell in the 11 constituencies of French people living abroad. In these constituencies, thehe legislative elections began on Saturday June 4 for the American continent and the Caribbean, and on Sunday for the rest of the world. The candidates of the presidential majority arrived in the majority on Monday, June 6, with the notable exception of Manuel Vallseliminated in the first round and overtaken by the Nupes candidate in the 5th constituency, which notably includes Spain and Portugal.
The left-wing alliance placed its candidates in the lead in two of the 11 constituencies of French people living abroad and took second place almost everywhere, with the exception of the 8th constituency, which brings together French people living in eight countries around the Mediterranean. , including Italy and Israel. In this constituency, the outgoing deputy Meyer Habib, candidate of the UDI, came first. In metropolitan France, the first round will take place on June 12. Follow our live.
Candidates invested by the majority in the lead. In the 1st constituency, which brings together the French of North America, Roland Lescure, outgoing deputy of macronie, came first, but he is closely followed by the candidate of Nupes, Florence Roger. In the 6th (Switzerland), the outgoing deputy, Joachim Son-Forget, elected in 2017 for the Republic on the move, was eliminated. Breaking with his party and at the center of multiple controversies, he was largely dismissed by voters in favor of Marc Ferracci, an economist close to President Emmanuel Macron. The Polynesians, who voted on Saturday, also placed in the lead the candidates invested by the presidential majority in the first (Nicole Bouteau, 41.9%) and the second constituency (Tepuaraurii Teriitahi, 33.2%).
Manuel Valls eliminated in the first round. “I take note of the results (…)”declared the former Prime Minister on Twitter, before calling to block in the second round the candidate of Nupes, Renaud Le Berre, who came first, in the fifth constituency of French people living abroad, which includes the Spain, Portugal, Monaco and Andorra and has around 120,000 registered voters.
French people living abroad mobilized. According to polls, abstention is expected at a record level for the June 12 and 19 polls. During this first round, the French abroad seem to have mobilized more than in 2017, when the participation rate had reached 19.1%, according to provisional figures.
Marine Le Pen denounces “an unfair vote”. On the far right, Marine Le Pen, campaigning on Sunday in Pas-de-Calais, wanted to mobilize her troops, assuring them that he was “still time to prevent Macron from having all the powers” and of “overcome the curse of an unfair voting system, which keeps a worm-eaten system in place”. The presidential finalist (41.5% in the second round), who had remained quite discreet until then, has since revised her goals upwards and called on her supporters “give 100 to 150 deputies”.