In Paris, the New Popular Front finished in the lead in 13 out of 18 constituencies in the first round of the 2024 legislative elections.
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Results
In the capital, the New Popular Front finished in the lead in 13 out of 18 constituencies in the first round of the 2024 legislative elections. Nine left-wing deputies have already been elected after the first round. Several heavyweights from the Macron camp are, however, in difficulty. In the first round, the former Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune, lost to the socialist Emmanuel Grégoire, in the 7th constituency of Paris. Stanislas Guerini, the Minister of Civil Service, is in an unfavorable position in the 3rd constituency. But, in an edifying geographical divide, the constituencies of western Paris place the candidates from the Macron camp in the lead.
As the country faces the National Rally wave, the city of Paris is holding firm. The day after the first round, the Macron camp is losing ground in the capital and the New Popular Front is strengthening its positions.
Before the dissolution pronounced by the President of the Republic, out of the 18 constituencies in Paris, nine were under the Macronist flag and nine were in the colours of NUPES. Following a historic turnout, the New Popular Front gained ground again yesterday.
Nine left-wing MPs have already been elected after the first round. This is the case for the Insoumis Rodrigo Arenas (10th constituency), Danièle Obono (17th), Sarah Legrain (16th), Sophia Chikirou (6th) and Aymeric Caron (18th). In the 15th constituency, Danielle Simonnet, the Insoumise “purged” by her party is largely in the lead (41.87%) against her opponent officially invested by the New Popular Front Céline Verzeletti (22.87%). The environmentalists Eva Sas and Sandrine Rousseau also regain their seats in the 8th and 9th constituencies. Their colleague Pouria Amirshahi wins the 5th constituency. In all, the left is in the lead in 13 of the 18 Parisian constituencies.
After being ejected from the government at the beginning of the year for his stance against the immigration law, the former Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune will not be returning to his seat. In the 7th constituency, the Macronist faced Emmanuel Grégoire, Anne Hidalgo’s first deputy. With 50.87% of the votes, the socialist won in the first round despite the former minister’s 32.78%.
Other heavyweights in the Macron camp are struggling in Paris. This is the case of Stanislas Guerini, the Minister of Civil Service in an unfavorable ballot in the 3rd constituency. He claims nearly 34% of the vote against 46.15% for the New Popular Front candidate. In the 11th constituency, the outgoing MoDem Maud Gatel finds herself in a similar situation with 34.85% of the vote while the left-wing candidate Céline Hervieu received 43.70%.
In a telling geographical divide, the constituencies of western Paris place the candidates of the Macron camp in the lead. The outgoing deputies Olivia Grégoire (12th), Sylvain Maillard (1st), Benjamin Haddad (14th), David Amiel (13th) and Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet (4th) are in a position to keep their seats.
