the RN in the lead, the majority candidates are counting on the left to win

In the three constituencies of Metz, the National Rally came first in the first round of the legislative elections this Sunday, June 30, 2024. The two Renaissance deputies qualified for the second round, as did the centrist candidate in Metz III. Arriving in 3rd place, the left loses one of the constituencies and calls for a barrier to the RN.

In Metz, the three outgoing deputies (Belkhir Belhaddad and Ludovic Mendes for Renaissance and Charlotte Leduc for LFI) are being outpaced by the far-right candidates in the first round of the legislative elections, this Sunday, June 30, 2024. In the three constituencies of Metz, the RN candidates come out on top. The left-wing candidates occupy 3rd place. Charlotte Leduc will not be re-elected. The two candidates of the presidential majority, for their part, qualify for the second round and hope to keep their place, thanks to the votes of the Union of the Left.

In the 1st constituency of Moselle, in Metz I, it is the candidate of the National Rally, Grégoire Laloux who comes out on top with 39.81% of the votes. He is ahead of the outgoing Renaissance MP, Belkhir Belhaddad who obtains 27.59%. The duel in the second round of the 2022 legislative elections will therefore be replayed this year. Belkhir Belhaddad is counting on the carryover of votes from Vincent Félix, the candidate of the New Popular Front who came in 3rd position with 26.10% of the votes. The latter announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy to block the RN.

In Metz II, the 2nd constituency of Moselle, the outgoing Renaissance MP, Ludovic Mendes is in difficulty with the RN candidate Marie-Claude Voinçon, who comes out on top with 37.48% of the vote. Ludovic Mendes obtains 30.22% but he too can count on the slogan of the Union of the Left which calls for blocking the extreme right. The socialist candidate Victorien Nicolas, who came in 3rd place with 26.61% of the vote, has also announced that he is withdrawing his candidacy and calls for a vote for Ludovic Mendes.

No triangular either in Metz III. In the 3rd constituency of Moselle also, the National Rally candidate Victor Chomard comes in first with 35.32% of the votes. But he is closely followed by the centrist candidate Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé, who is right on his heels with 34.37% of the vote. Here again, it is the left-wing candidate who comes in 3rd position. Outgoing LFI MP Charlotte Leduc obtained 28.27% of the votes and lost her MP seat. She announces that she is withdrawing her candidacy to block the RN.

Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé is on favorable waivers. It remains to be seen how the votes of Charlotte Leduc’s voters will be reflected.

The second round of legislative elections will take place on Sunday, July 7.