Thomas Ménagé (RN), very close to being elected in the first round, will face Bruno Nottin (NFP) in the second round in Montargois

10:38 p.m. | The reaction of Mélusine Harlé (third with 15.02% of the votes)

“I call for a vote for the Republican arc against the National Rally. However, I remain very vigilant about the far left,” she says.

10:37 p.m. | Ariel Levy’s reaction (fourth with 11.83%)

“I thank my voters who have shown their confidence through their vote. But their vote does not belong to me and I respect their free will. I am consistent and authentic in my position, I have not changed since 2022, and I consider that the two extremes are dangerous, in particular the NFP and the alliance with LFI. I therefore let my voters choose, knowing that in the second round, there will be no surprises,” he notes when seeing Thomas Ménagé (RN) already elected.

10:21 p.m. | Ménage: “We want a France of order”

Night has fallen at the office of Thomas Ménage (RN) and platters of charcuterie and glasses are distributed to party supporters. “We want the France of order, the France that rewards those who get up early to go to work. Tonight, Renaissance has disappeared and France cannot be governed by Gabriel Attal. Today, it’s either Jordan Bardella in the government as Prime Minister, Jean-Luc Mélenchon Our project over the next five days is to explain that the extreme left is a danger for the country”, underlines the National Rally candidate.

9:40 p.m. | Bruno Nottin wants to go “as high as possible)

Bruno Nottin, qualified for the second round far behind the RN candidate: “We will try to go as high as possible to show that there is resistance.”

21 h 27 | There will be a second round

Thomas Ménagé will not be elected in the first round: he obtains 49.65% of the votes. Bruno Nottin qualifies for the second round with 21.14%, Mélusine Harlé follows with 15.02%, Ariel Lévy with 11.83%, Dominique Clergue obtains 1.18%, Georges Loubert (1.14%). François Rocher brings up the rear with 13 votes and 0.03% of the votes.

Thomas Ménage (RN) spoke: “We are 0.3% away from being elected in the first round. We cast more votes this year in the first round than in the second round in 2022, that’s +18 points compared to 2022. But we have to start again, because there are two issues, confirming and obtaining this absolute majority in the National Assembly. The same fight will return, against Bruno Nottin, who was violent in 2022.

9:15 p.m. | A second round?

Thomas Ménagé continues to flirt with the 50% mark: on 93% of the ballots counted, he now stands at 49.70%…

9:05 p.m. | Bruno Nottin fatalist

The final results have not yet been announced, but the candidate for the left-wing union, Bruno Nottin, seems to think that the matter is settled… “In my opinion, it (Thomas Ménage) will go slightly above 50%.

In front of Thomas Ménage’s office, around fifty people are gathered, waiting for the candidate to arrive. A police force is located not far from the location, as a preventive measure.

8:58 p.m. | In Amilly

The results in Amilly: 41.81% for Thomas Ménagé, 22.66% for Bruno Nottin, 18.99% for Mélusine Harlé and 14.59% for Ariel Lévy.

8:50 p.m. | Thomas Ménagé still above 50%

Based on 81% of the ballots counted, Thomas Ménage obtained 50.88% of the votes ahead of Bruno Nottin (20.99%), Mélusine Harlé (14.33%) and Ariel Lévy (11.41%).

8:10 p.m. | Partial results in Montargois

Based on 50% of the ballots counted, Thomas Ménagé (RN) has more than 53% of the vote ahead of Bruno Nottin (17%) and Mélusine Harlé (14.8%).

8:05 p.m. | Results in Montargis

Of the seven polling stations in Montargis, Thomas Ménage (RN) is in the lead with 33.67%, ahead of Bruno Nottin (Nouveau Friont populaire) with 31.52% of the votes. Mélusine Harlé (16.85%) and Ariel Lévy (15.21%) follow. The participation is 57.99%.

8 p.m. | Waiting in Montargis

The air is electric in Montargis, in the Pasteur school, central office. The results of six offices have been given. But the wait is difficult for the voters, as for the candidates on site. All the more so since the results of the last office can make the balance between the first and the second, as well as between the third and the fourth. Tick tock, time passes, and the last office is long awaited…

19 h 20 |Reinforcements for stripping

Montargis polling station number 2 needed reinforcements for the counting. “I came to vote here this afternoon and they were looking for people for this evening, so I came. It’s the first time and it’s a good experience as a citizen,” Antoine emphasizes.

19 h 10 |The tension mounts

The last envelopes full of ballots are still arriving, and polling station number 1 in Montargis is getting impatient, even noisy. “Quiet please,” calls the mayor of Montargis, Benoît Digeon, sitting on a counting table.

The counting in progress in Montargis.

6:40 p.m. | Towards lower participation in Montargis?

Participation in the first round of the legislative elections in the seven polling stations in Montargis was 56.19% at 5:30 p.m., slightly below the national average (59% at 5 p.m.).

18 h 30 |Late voters…and latecomers!

In the last minutes of voting, a little before 6 p.m., a small queue had formed in the two polling stations at the Pasteur school in Montargis. Emmanuel thus voted in the last half hour.At the Pasteur school in Montargis. Photo Valère Perlot.

Others arrived too late. While the polling stations at the Pasteur school had closed at 6 p.m., two citizens tried to get in three minutes later. “Isn’t 7 p.m. the closing time?” asked one of them. “No, it’s always been 6 p.m. here, and we can’t let you in anymore,” replied an assessor. They left a little angry, with big signs of incomprehension.

In polling station 7, in Montargis, 558 voters turned out out of 1,182 registered. Mohamed, who arrived around 6 p.m., was not aware of the closing time of the polling station. “I will come back for the second round, but I would have liked to vote today.”

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