From the left to the far right, some were running for the first time, while others were trying to be re-elected. Who won a seat? Who was defeated? Franceinfo takes stock.
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Party leaders, former ministers, a former president of the National Assembly… and even a former president of the Republic. Many political figures had qualified for the second round of the early legislative elections on Sunday, July 7.
While the National Rally came out on top in the first round of voting, many left-wing or majority candidates withdrew their support, sparing most of these personalities from three-way contests. Did they manage to pull through and win or keep their seat as MPs? Who was eliminated in spite of everything? Here is an overview of the results.
In the presidential camp
Candidate in her department of Calvados, the former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne managed to reverse the trend, facing the representative of the National Rally, Nicolas Calbrix, who was ahead of her by almost ten points on Sunday June 30. She collected 56.13% of the votes cast, against 43.87% for his rival, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior, given after the counting of 98.95% of the ballots. Coming third, Noé Gauchard (NFP) had announced on France Bleu that he was withdrawing. “I assume that we will save Madame Borne”affirmed the leader of the PS, Olivier Faure, on the evening of the first round.
The minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmaninalso escaped the three-way race thanks to the withdrawal of left-wing candidate Leslie Mortreux. He finally announced that he had won his stronghold in the 10th constituency of the North. He obtained 61.37% of the vote, well ahead of the National Rally candidate, Bastien Verbrugghe, who obtained 38.63% of the vote. The former mayor of Tourcoing came out on top in the first round with 36.03% of the vote.
Eric Woerthoutgoing deputy of the majority in an unfavorable ballot in the 4th constituency of Oise, is re-elected with 53.44% of the votes, according to the final results of the Ministry of the Interior. He wins against the RN candidate Mathieu Grimpret who came in the lead with 40.23% of the votes in the first round. “We must vote for the person who is best placed to prevent the extreme right from coming to power”Eric Woerth had launched on franceinfo.
Within the New Popular Front
The former President of the Republic Francois Hollande emerged victorious in his stronghold of Corrèze, with 43.10% of the vote. The former socialist elected official, who had created a surprise by announcing that he was running for a new term as deputy in the 1st constituency of the department, faced the candidate of the National Rally, Maïtey Pouget (31.69%), and the outgoing LR deputy, Francis Dubois (25.21%), in a three-way race.
In the 1st constituency of Aude, Philippe Poutou, in an unfavorable ballot against Christophe Barthès, did not manage to get back on track against the RN candidate. The former presidential candidate won 38.20% of the vote against 61.80% for his far-right competitor.
In the 1st constituency of the Somme, the rebellious deputy Francois Ruffin benefited from the withdrawal of Albane Branlant (Ensemble), who had qualified for the second round with 22.68%. He was elected with 52.66% of the votes cast, against the National Rally candidate Nathalie Ribeiro-Billet (47.34%).
Within the National Rally and its allies
Marine Le Pen’s older sister, Marie-Caroline Le Pen loses her bet in the 4th constituency of Sarthe. She obtains 49.77% of the votes behind the outgoing rebellious deputy Elise Leboucher (50.23%). Arriving third, the candidate of Ensemble, Sylvie Casenave-Péré, had withdrawn in the second round.
He missed re-election in the first round by just a few votes. Jean-Philippe Tanguy wins with 57.48% voices in the 4th constituency of the Somme against the Macronist candidate Anthony Gest (42.52%The outgoing far-right MP came out on top in the first round with 49.62%.
Among the Republicans
In Haute-Loire, Laurent Wauquiez wins in the 1st constituency, with 61.61% of the votes cast, ahead of his National Rally competitor, Alexandre Heuzey (38.39%). The president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region took advantage of the withdrawal of Céline Gacon, the ecologist candidate of the New Popular Front, who came third with 18.66% of the votes in the first round.
In the 5th constituency of Doubs, Annie Genevard wins with 62.69% of the vote against the RN candidate Floriane Jeandenand who, herself, collects 37.31% of the votes. The outgoing deputy, national secretary of the Republicans, came slightly ahead in the first round with 35.2% of the vote, neck and neck with her far-right rival.
Olivier Marleixwho chaired the Les Républicains group in the National Assembly, also escaped the three-way race thanks to the withdrawal of the candidate of the New Popular Front, the socialist Nadia Faveris (25.49% in the first round). He nevertheless won against Olivier Dubois (RN) in the 2nd constituency of Eure-et-Loir, with more than 57% of the vote.
As for Aurelien Pradiéoutgoing MP for the 1st constituency of Lot, who announced his departure from the right-wing party during the campaign, he came out on top with 58.78% of the vote in a three-way race pitting him against the rebellious Elsa Bougeard (24.33%) and the RN candidate Slavka Mihaylova (23.06%). He had a large lead in the first round.