The disavowal of the presidential majority, which did not win an absolute majority after the second round of the legislative elections, Sunday June 19, did not spare the members of the government. If the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, narrowly won in her constituency of Calvados, several members of her team are beaten, while some of the results are expected, especially in Ile-de-France.
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Justine Benin was already announced in difficulty in Guadeloupe, but Brigitte Bourguignon, in Pas-de-Calais, experienced a much less expected defeat. As is the unwritten rule, set by Emmanuel Macron, the losers on Sunday evening should leave the government. The Elysée had confirmed it at the end of May. Franceinfo returns to the results of all the ministers, before the announcement of a probable reshuffle.
Ministers defeated
• Amélie de Montchalin, beaten in the 6th district of Essonne.
The Nupes candidate in the 6th constituency of Essonne, Jérôme Guedj, announced Sunday evening his victory against the Minister of Ecological Transition Amélie de Montchalin, who will therefore have to leave the government. Jérôme Guedj won 53.36% of the votes cast, against 46.64% for the minister. The ballot was expected to be very tight. The socialist, regional councilor for Ile-de-France, came out on top on the evening of June 12, winning 38.31% of the vote against 31.46% for the outgoing deputy, who won with 61.3% votes in 2017.
• Brigitte Bourguignon, beaten in the 6th district of Pas-de-Calais.
Rarely mentioned in the list of ministers in difficulty before the second round, the new Minister of Health is beaten, by only 56 votes, and will therefore have to leave her post. She won 49.94% of the vote, against 50.06% for the RN candidate Christine Engrand, according to the results published by the prefecture of Pas-de-Calais. The Minister, formerly in charge of Autonomy in the government, had obtained 32.10% of the votes cast in the first round of the ballot, ahead of the candidate of the National Rally Christine Engrand (30.33% of the votes). In this constituency, Brigitte Bourguignon’s local roots were not enough : she had been elected socialist deputy there in 2012, then re-elected in 2017 with the label En Marche!.
• Justine Benin, beaten in the 2nd constituency of Guadeloupe.
The Secretary of State in charge of the Sea, Justine Benin, was beaten by the candidate Christian Baptiste, supported by Nupes. The latter won 58.65% of the vote, against 41.35% for the recently appointed Secretary of State. Outgoing MP for the constituency, Justine Benin came out on top on the evening of the first round, with 31.31% (against 26.78% for her rival). Christian Baptiste, mayor of Sainte-Anne and secretary general of the Association of Mayors of Guadeloupe, had been appointed vice-president of the region before entering the National Assembly.
Elected or re-elected ministers
• Elisabeth Borne, elected in the 6th constituency of Calvados.
The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, won the 6th constituency of Calvados with 52.46% of the vote, against 47.54% of the vote for her competitor Noé Gauchard (Nupes). The head of government came out on top in the first round of voting, with nearly 10 points ahead of the 22-year-old student (34.32% against 24.53%).
• Gérald Darmanin, elected in the 10th district of the North.
The Minister of the Interior announced his victory on Twitter with 57.52% of the vote, shortly after 8 p.m. He will therefore return to the Assembly.
The inhabitants of Tourcoing and the Vallée de Lys have just elected me with 57.52% of the vote! A big thank you to them who thus reward our local presence and our national political will. @VincentLedoux59
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) June 19, 2022
In the first round, Gérald Darmanin came out on top with 39.08% of the votes cast, ahead of Leslie Mortreux for the Nupes, which had won 23.08% of the votes, and Mélanie D’hont for the RN (21.94% of the votes). votes cast). The Minister of the Interior had been a UMP deputy for this constituency between 2012 and 2016.
• Clément Beaune elected in the 7th district of Paris.
He was one of the most troubled members of the government after the first round. But the Secretary of State for European Affairs announced his victory around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday. He won 50.73% of the votes cast, against 49.27% for Caroline Mecary, the Nupes candidate. The lawyer had collected 41.4% the evening of the first round, significantly ahead of Clément Beaune (35.81%). In this Parisian constituency, the candidate of En Marche! Pacôme Rupin won in 2017 with 55.9% of the vote, ahead of outgoing Patrick Bloche (PS).
• Olivier Dussopt, re-elected in the 2nd district of Ardèche.
The Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, was re-elected MP for the 2nd constituency of Ardèche with 58.86% of the vote, against 41.14% for Christophe Goulouzelle, from Nupes. In the first round, the Minister of Labor came first, with 30.04% of the votes cast. He was followed by his competitor supported by Nupes (23.58%) and Cyrille Grangier for the National Rally (19.03%). Olivier Dussopt has been a Member of Parliament for this constituency since 2007.
• Damien Abad, re-elected in the 5th district of Ain.
A new mandate for Damien Abad. The Minister of Solidarity was elected on Sunday evening with 57.86% of the votes cast, against 42.14% against the Nupes candidate Florence Pisani. Outgoing deputy of this constituency, the minister seems to have benefited from the postponement of votes of the candidate LR, who had obtained 9.93% of the votes in the first round. He thus obtains a third term, despite the accusations of sexual violence against him: he has been accused of rape or attempted rape by three women, revealed Mediapart since his arrival in the government.
• Olivier Véran, re-elected in the 1st district of Isère.
The former Minister of Health was re-elected with 55.53% of the votes cast, against the Nupes candidate Salomé Robin (44.47%). Now Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament, he will have the heavy task of enabling the government to act despite its relative majority. “We are going to build an absolute majority very quickly”, he assured Sunday evening. In the first round, he had won 40.5% of the votes cast, against 36.86% for his rival, whose score therefore fell between the two rounds. Former substitute for the socialist deputy Geneviève Fioraso, Olivier Véran was elected deputy for this constituency in 2017, with 68.1% of the vote.
• Stanislas Guerini, re-elected in the 3rd constituency of Paris.
A narrow victory. The Minister of Transformation and Public Service, Stanislas Guerini, was re-elected with 51% of the vote in the 3rd district of Paris, against the ecologist Léa Balage El Mariky (49%). The outgoing deputy, general delegate of La République en Marche, was in difficulty for this second round. He came second on the evening of June 12 with 32.51% of the vote, far behind his environmental rival supported by Nupes (38.66% of the vote). Five years ago, Stanislas Guerini won with 65.5% of the vote.
• Gabriel Attal, re-elected in the 10th district of Hauts-de-Seine.
The Minister of Action and Public Accounts wins comfortably, with 59.85% of the vote, according to the final results published by the Ministry of the Interior. His opponent, the Nupes candidate Cécile Soubelet, won 40.15% of the vote. The former government spokesperson, outgoing deputy, had come close to victory in the first round, obtaining 48.06% of the vote ahead of Cécile Soubelet, for Nupes (30.75%). Gabriel Attal was elected with 60.9% of the vote in 2017, largely beating the UDI deputy in place since 1988, André Santini.
• Olivia Grégoire, re-elected in the 12th district of Paris.
The one who succeeded Gabriel Attal as spokesperson was also clearly re-elected, with 68.51% of the vote, against 31.49% for the Nupes candidate, Céline Malaisé. In this constituency anchored on the right, Olivia Grégoire already had a comfortable lead in the first round, with 39.51% of the vote against 22.34% for her competitor. The government spokesperson was elected in 2017 with 56.4% of the vote.
• Marc Fesneau, re-elected in the 1st constituency of Loir-et-Cher.
There will remain a representative of the MoDem in the government: Marc Fesneau. Recently appointed Minister of Agriculture, he clearly won, with 56.47% of the vote, against 43.53% for Reda Belkadi, of Nupes. Marc Fesneau was elected in 2017 with the MoDem label, with 69.2% of the vote in the second round of the legislative elections.
• Franck Riester, re-elected in the 5th constituency of Seine-et-Marne.
The Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and the Attractiveness of France attracted enough voters to win, with 53.21%, against the RN candidate, François Lenormand (46.79%). The former Minister of Culture won 29.27% of the votes cast in the first round, coming in ahead of the candidate of the National Rally (25.41%). Franck Riester has been a deputy for this constituency since 2007, having been elected with the UMP and then Les Républicains labels.
• Yaël Braun-Pivet, re-elected in the 5th constituency of Yvelines.
The new overseas minister clearly beat, with 64.62% of the vote, her opponent from Nupes, Sophie Thevenet (35.38%). In the first round, she came well ahead of the first round with 36.59% of the votes cast, against 23.55% for her rival. Entering politics when En Marche! was created in the same constituency in 2017 with 59% of the vote.