While Ensemble and Nupes are neck and neck after the first round of legislative elections held on Sunday, all the ministers of the current government candidates for election are qualified for the second round of voting. Here is what to remember about the fate of political figures.
The candidates of the Macron camp
Government ministers all qualified for the second round ✅
The 15 candidate government ministers in the running for these elections are qualified. Starting with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who came out on top with more than 34% of the vote and will face Nupes candidate Noé Gauchard on June 19. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin is in a favorable ballot in the 10th district of the North. He came first in the first round, just like the Minister of Solidarity Damien Abad in the 5th district of Ain, despite the controversy over the accusations of rape.
Also qualified are Budget Minister Gabriel Attal, Health Minister Brigitte Bourguignon in the 6th constituency of Pas-de-Calais, of which she is the outgoing deputy or even her predecessor in the ministry and now in charge of relations with Parliament, Olivier Véran, in the first constituency of Isère.
Among the other members of the government, Olivier Dussopt, Olivia Grégoire, Marc Fesneau, Justine Benin, Franck Riester or Yaël Braun-Pivet are also well placed for the second round.
Qualified but in an unfavorable ballot, the Minister for Ecological Transition Amélie de Monchalin, the Minister for European Affairs Clément Beaune, or even the Minister for the Transformation of the Public Service Stanislas Guérini, all three preceded by Nupes candidates.
Jean-Michel Blanquer ❌
Former Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer was eliminated in the first round on Sunday. He obtained only 18.89%, preceded in the 4th constituency of Loiret by the candidates of the National Rally, Thomas Ménagé (31.45%), and that of Nupes, Bruno Nottin (19.43%).
Christophe Castaner ✅
Former Interior Minister Christophe Castaner narrowly came out on top in his Alpes de Haute-Provence constituency with 30.16% of the vote, closely followed by Léo Walter, Nupes candidate, who accounts for 29.3% of the vote. voice.
Richard Ferrand ✅
Richard Ferrand, LREM president of the outgoing National Assembly came first in the first round in the 6th constituency of Finistère with 33.56% of the vote. He will be opposed in the second round to the candidate Nupes Mélanie Thomin (31.16%). This pillar of Macronie called for “reach out to voters to bring together as many people as possible“.
Emmanuelle Wargon ❌
Same fate for the former housing minister eliminated in the first round of legislative elections in the 8th constituency of Val-de-Marne. The ex-candidate Ensemble came 3rd with 18.93% of the vote, behind Nupes and LR.
Roxana Maracineanu ✅
Roxana Maracineanu, former Minister of Sports qualified for the second round in Val-de-Marne (23.77%). Largely outdistanced by Rachel Keke (37.22%), Nupes candidate and figure of the maid struggle.
Barbara Pompili ✅
Former Minister of Ecological Transition and outgoing LREM MP Barbara Pompili qualified for the second round in the Somme with (29.84% of the vote, very slightly behind the Nupes candidate Zahia Hamdane (29.98%).
The personalities of the Nupes
Clementine Autain ✅
MP LFI Clémentine Autain is favorite to win in the second round in her constituency of Seine-Saint-Denis. She won 46.15% of the vote in the first round and will face the various left candidate Virginie de Carvalho next Sunday.
Manuel Bompard ✅
Pillar of rebellious France, Manuel Bompard came well ahead of the first round in Marseille with 56.04% of the vote. He even does better than Jean-Luc Mélenchon, outgoing deputy from the same constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône, who obtained 34.31% in 2017.
Alexis Corbiere ✅
Outgoing MP LFI Alexis Corbière won a landslide victory in Seine-Saint-Denis (62.94%) and was re-elected in the first round.
Olivier Faure ✅
The boss of the Socialist Party is in a favorable ballot for the second round after winning 46.9% of the vote in his constituency of Seine-et-Marne. He will face Charlyne Péculier, the youngest candidate of the majority (24 years old) next Sunday.
Adrien Quatennens ✅
Adrien Quatennens, right arm of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, flew over the first round in the first constituency of the North by winning 52.05% of the vote. Since he only collects 23.36% of registered voters (less than 25%, the threshold for being elected in the first round), he will have to face Vanessa Duhamel, candidate Together, in the second round.
Fabien Roussel ✅
Communist Party boss Fabien Roussel qualified for the second round in the 20th constituency in the North with 34.13% of the vote. He will face RN Guillaume Florquin, who collected 32.64%.
Francois Ruffin ✅
The outgoing LFI deputy for the Somme François Ruffin seems on track to be re-elected in the second round. This figure of the Nupes collected 40.09% of the votes and will be opposed to the candidate RN Nathalie Ribeiro-Billet (22.58%) next Sunday.
Republican Candidates
Eric Ciotti ✅
Finalist in the LR primary for the presidential election, Eric Ciotti came out on top in the first constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes with 31.07% of the vote. He will face Ensemble candidate Craig Monetti (25.92%) in the second round.
Eric Woerth ✅
Eric Woerth, former minister of Nicolas Sarkozy, is narrowly ahead of his opponent RN in Oise, with 27% of the vote.
far-right candidates
Marine Le Pen ✅
The leader of the National Rally Marine Le Pen came first in the first round in the 11th constituency of Pas-de-Calais (42.6%), ahead of the Nupes candidate Marine Tondelier. The presidential finalist came a hair’s breadth from direct election in the first round but had to submit to a second round due to too low a turnout.
Sebastien Chenu ✅
The outgoing MP for the 19th constituency in the North Sébastien Chenu came out ahead in the first round with 44.36% of the vote. He will face Nupes candidate Patrick Soloch next Sunday.
Julien Odoul ✅
Julien Odoul, national spokesperson for the RN, came first in Yonne with 35.17% of the vote. He is ahead of outgoing LREM MP Michèle Crouzet (21.52%) whom he will face in the second round.
Eric Zemmour ❌
Eric Zemmour, president of the far-right Reconquest party, was eliminated in the first round of the legislative elections in the Var. He came in third position with 23.19% of the votes cast, behind outgoing LREM deputy Sereine Mauborgne (28.51%) and RN Philippe Lottiaux (24.74%). The other executives of his Reconquûete party all suffered the same fate: Guillaume Peltier in Loir-et-Cher and Stanislas Rigault in Vaucluse were eliminated.
Florian Philippot ❌
Bitter defeat for Florian Philippot, founder and president of the Patriotes party, who only comes in sixth position with 4.62% of the vote in Moselle.