It is a constituency which will be closely scrutinized on Sunday June 30, on the evening of the first round of the legislative elections: the first constituency of La Manche, around Saint-Lô could hold some surprises.
From 9 p.m. this Wednesday, June 19, find the 4 main candidates in the running, Philippe Gosselin, Guillaume Hédouin, Franck Simon and Mickaël Masson, in a half-hour debate to discuss their ideas for improving the daily lives of the French and make life in a rural environment tomorrow still possible. A debate to help you make your choice.
Constituency issues
The 1st constituency of La Manche is by definition the territory where, beyond political affiliation, the political weight of the outgoing deputy plays a major role in the results. Thus, by capitalizing on the recognition of its political commitment, Philippe Gosselin has been elected and then re-elected 4 times since 2007, even resisting the “macronist” wave in 2017. All this, despite the political setbacks of right-wing candidates at the national level. Thus in 2022, Valérie Pécresse obtained barely 5% of the votes in the Saint-Lois in the presidential election, which did not prevent Philippe Gosselin from totaling almost 40% of the votes in the first round of the legislative elections a few weeks later. So will he still achieve this miracle, when the LR list for Europeans only totaled 8% of the votes 10 days ago: that is the big question.
A question that is all the more complex since for its part, the far-right continues to weigh more and more: 38% in the European elections, compared to 33.5 in the 2022 presidential election.. Its candidate, the president of the party in La Manche, Franck Simon, now benefits from a recognized presence linked to several candidacies already. This time he can hope to qualify for the second round, to the detriment of the 2022 finalist, the environmentalist Guillaume Hédouin, who leaves again, like 2 years ago, under the banner of the united leftwhose different components gathered 24% of the votes in the European elections.
Finally, the main unknown lies in the ability of the parachuted Modem candidate, Mickaël Masson, to save the furniture for the presidential majority.
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In the 1st constituency of Manche, are also candidates Laurent Besagny (Reconquest), Olivia Lewi (Workers’ Struggle), Baptiste Rajaut (Equinoxe), Jacques Poisson.
