There will be two in the second round to compete for the seat of deputy for the first constituency of Isère: the candidates of the New Popular Front (NFP), Lyes Louffok (28.33%), and the representative of Ensemble!, Camille Galliard-Minier (26.57%), came first in the first round of the partial legislative election organized on Sunday January 12 after the resignation in October 2024 of the deputy La France insoumise (LFI) Hugo Prevost, accused of sexual and gender-based violence.
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Among the eleven candidates in this constituency which brings together Grenoble and its upscale suburbs, Les Républicains candidate Nathalie Béranger came in third position with 16.77% of the votes but she was not qualified due to low participation during the elections. this election.
At the level of the constituency, very divided between Grenoble, which votes very left, and the other municipalities, the total participation amounts to 35.86% for this first round, compared to 75.86% last June.
In Grenoble, the NFP candidate, a 30-year-old child rights activist, came well ahead with 40.95% of the votes, far ahead of the Macronist candidate, who collected 18.99% of the votes, while the other municipalities, for the most part, preferred Mme Galliard-Minier.
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Stronghold of the former Minister of Health Olivier Véran
“It is a strong symbol that the voters have sent. They voted for the only program that is coherent and constant in the face of Macronie”reacted to Agence France-Presse (AFP), Lyes Louffok.
“For this second round, we will have a very clear choice between my candidacy and that of Mr. Louffok” commented, for his part, also to AFP, Mme Galliard-Minier. “My candidacy is one of dialogue, it is part of an approach of responsibility, of unity” she said, while that of her rival “is part of a process of permanent destabilization”.
Mme Galliard-Minier was congratulated on the social network “to beat the far left, by electing an experienced MP anchored in her territory” in the second round.
In June, NFP candidate Hugo Prevost beat former Minister of Health Olivier Véran in his stronghold in a triangular tie with a candidate from Eric Ciotti’s camp. Former deputy of Olivier Véran, Camille Galliard-Minier, replaced him in the Assembly when he was in government. Born and residing in this constituency, this former lawyer from the Grenoble bar who presents herself as a “social democrat” relies heavily on its local roots to achieve what its team presents as a “return match” against LFI.
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