Less than eight days to declare yourself a candidate at the prefecture. There was no time to lose. Sunday June 9, 2024, at the end of the European elections and its results which placed the National Rally list led by Jordan Bardella well ahead of the vote (31.4%), Emmanuel Macron took everyone by surprise. announcing the dissolution of the National Assembly. With the direct consequence, the establishment of early legislative elections.
Candidates had to move quickly to submit their applications to the prefecture since the registration deadline was set for this Sunday, June 16, 2024, at 6 p.m.
Four women and six men for two positions
In Indre, after a turbulent week, it is now official: ten candidates will face each other during the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, 2024. There were seventeen in 2022, eight in the first constituency, nine in the second.
This time, there will be five in each constituency, coveting the post of deputy. If four women and one man run in the first constituency, the face of the second is 100% male.
The two outgoing deputies, François Jolivet (Horizons) in the first constituency, and Nicolas Forissier (Les Républicains) in the second, will try to keep their seats. They will both face serious contenders with candidates from the National Rally (Mylène Wunsch and Marc Siffert) and the New Popular Front (Éloïse Gonzalez and Clément Sapin) respectively in each of their constituencies.
In all likelihood, the two positions of deputies of Indre should be played out around these protagonists.
The five candidates in the first constituency
> 1. New Popular Front: Éloïse Gonzalez (France insoumise), Amélie Dumas (Les Écologues, substitute).
> 2. Workers’ struggle: Véronique Gélinaud, Élisabeth Milon (alternate).
> 3. Reconquest: Marie-Odile Trusch, Jean-Michel Péroux (alternate).
> 4. Horizons (presidential majority): François Jolivet (outgoing deputy), José Figueiredo Gonçalves (Modem, substitute).
> 5. National gathering: Mylène Wunsch, Jean-Pierre Cantapuli (alternate).
The five candidates for the second constituency
> 1. Without label: Pierre Schwarz, Guillaume Settembrini (alternate).
> 2. New Popular Front: Clément Sapin (Socialist Party), Stéphanie Grelet (Communist Party, substitute).
> 3. Workers’ struggle: Damien Mercier, Nathalie Doiseau (alternate).
> 4. The Republicans: Nicolas Forissier (outgoing MP), Alix Fruchon (substitute).
> 5. National gathering: Marc Siffert, Sylviane Guyonnet (alternate).
