Update on some triangular matches without withdrawals
In the context of the potential three-way and four-way races resulting from the first round of the legislative elections, 173 candidates had decided, on Monday at 6 p.m., to withdraw their candidacy to avoid a scattering of votes in the second round and to block the National Rally. Others, on the contrary, chose to remain. Depending on the cases and the extent of the gaps between candidates, this may have the vocation to favor the far-right party.
- Near Lyon, the troubled game of the presidential candidates
Outgoing MP and presidential candidate in the 12the Rhône constituency, Cyrille Isaac-Sibille did not hesitate to stay in the second round in a three-way race where the risk of RN victory is significant. “Nothing is decided yet”declared the MoDem elected official.
A civil society candidate close to the environmentalists, Lucie Gaillot-Durand came out on top in the first round (30.02%). Mr. Isaac-Sibille is second (28.97%) and Clémence Luisié (RN) is in ambush (24.96%). The LR candidate obtained 13.88%. “The transfer of votes is very uncertain in a very strong anti-Macronist context. Mr. Isaac-Sibille is playing with fire”reacted Thomas Dossus, environmentalist senator for the Lyon region.
In the 8e constituency, the candidates of Ensemble (Dominique Despras, 21.18%) and Les Républicains (Nathalie Serre, 20.66%), who came third and fourth respectively in the first round behind the RN and the PS-NFP, are passing the buck and are not withdrawing.
- Two Macron camp supporters in Haute-Garonne
The Minister Delegate for Communities and Rural Affairs, Dominique Faure, third (28.99% of the vote) in the 10e The Haute-Garonne constituency, beaten by the socialist Jacques Oberti (36.24%) and Caroline Falgas-Colomina (RN, 30.37%), is staying in the second round, she announced to Agence France-Presse on Monday. “I have 22,800 voters who voted for it and I can’t see how I could give them the only choice of voting RN or LFI.”argued the minister, saying she believed that the socialist Jacques Oberti “is linked by an alliance with LFI”.
Furthermore, in the 9e In the neighbouring constituency, the presidential candidate, Florian Delrieu, third with 22.36% of the vote, far behind the outgoing Green MP, Christine Arrighi (47.53%), and two points behind the RN representative, Caroline Beout (24.89%), announced his decision to remain.
- In Angoulême, the match promises to be tight
In the 1re constituency of Charente, a three-way race will see René Pilato (La France insoumise-New Popular Front), Thomas Mesnier (Horizons) and Marion Latus (National Rally) competing. Mr. Pilato received 32.8% of the votes in the first round; Mr. Mesnier, 30.3%; and Mr.me Latvian, 30.26%.
In 2022, Thomas Mesnier won the election in the second round with only 24 votes ahead of Mr. Pilato. The latter then contested the election, and was elected as a deputy in January 2023 during a by-election. This time, Mr. Pilato won 1,382 votes more than Thomas Mesnier, himself followed by 23 votes by the RN candidate.
- Facing François Hollande, his rival from LR is holding his own, behind the National Rally
Francis Dubois, the outgoing MP of the 1re constituency of Corrèze, decided to stay after coming third in the first round (28.64%), behind the socialist François Hollande (37.63%) and the RN candidate, Maïtey Pouget (30.89%).
“The first lesson from this first round is François Hollande’s low score without a reserve of votes,” wrote Mr. Dubois on X. And the RN candidate turns out, according to him, “unable to defend interests [des électeurs] » and without local anchoring. “We are therefore calling for a surge on the right”concludes Mr. Dubois.
- Loïc Signor (Ensemble) is holding on in an election where LFI is well ahead of the RN
In the 3e In the Val-de-Marne constituency, candidate Loïc Signor (Ensemble), spokesperson for Renaissance, decided to remain in the second round, although he came third in the first round (23.77%), behind Louis Boyard (LFI-NFP, 42.17%) and Arnaud Barbotin (various right, claiming to be from the« union nationale » between the National Rally and Eric Ciotti, the contested president of the Les Républicains party), at 27.31%.
Mr. Signor assures that he benefits in his approach from the support of the Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, and of Stéphane Séjourné, the secretary general of the presidential party.
- Olivier Véran remains in Isère, behind LFI but far ahead of RN
In Grenoble, in the 1re In the Isère constituency, the former Minister of Health, Olivier Véran (Ensemble), chose to remain after coming second in the first round (33.62%), between Hugo Prevost (LFI-NFP, 40.19%) and Alexandre Lacroix (LR-RN, 18.34%). “The Republic House is burning. Faced with the National Rally, we will not compromise. Voting means preventing the extreme right from holding the keys to power,” he wrote about X.
