Unexpected turnaround, just a few days before the first round of the early legislative elections, Sunday June 30, 2024. Marc Gaillard, candidate in the 1st constituency of Deux-Sèvres, announces his decision to withdraw from the race. “I decided today, Thursday June 27, to withdraw my candidacy for the legislative elections […] so as not to penalize left-wing candidates”justifies the 43-year-old from Niort.
Unknown to local political parties, this chief of staff of a Les Républicains (LR) mayor of a commune in Essonne presented himself “ without label “while claiming to be socialist.
If people vote for me, Bastien Marchive and Nathalie Lanzy will lose votes, but my goal is not to promote the rise of the extreme right.
Marc Gaillard, former candidate for the legislative elections in the 1st constituency
During his inauguration, he already explained that he did not want to broadcast his programme so as not to overshadow the various centre and left-wing candidates in the constituency. “If people vote for me, Bastien Marchive and Nathalie Lanzy will lose votes, but my goal is not to encourage the rise of the extreme right. » We were then surprised by his desire to take part in the election.
As soon as his candidacy was announced, “zero% was the goal to achieve”he explains when announcing his withdrawal from the electoral race. “The sole purpose of this investiture was to get to know you, to allow you to associate a face with a name and to perpetuate the memory of a great man.”his father’s uncle and former mayor of Niort, René Gaillard, who died in 1985.
Back off to better blow up
By deciding to withdraw from the legislative race for ” to block “ on the far right, Marc Gaillard is not giving up politics. “Next time, I’ll go all the way, he assures. I will now be a candidate in all future elections. »
