Macronist candidate Camille Galliard-Minier succeeds former rebellious MP Hugo Prevost, who resigned in October after accusations of sexist and sexual violence.
First big alert for the New Popular Front (NFP). While the left put its seat in the 1st constituency of Isère at stake this Sunday, after the former rebellious deputy Hugo Prevost – implicated for accusations of sexist and sexual violence – resigned in October, she has just hand it over to the Macronist Camille Galliard-Minier. Six months after the narrow defeat of the former Minister of Health Olivier Veran, elected between 2017 and 2024 in the territory, the Renaissance candidate largely won (64.3%) over her opponent LFI Lyes Louffok (37. 7%). And this, at the end of a second round, marked by a lackluster participation (43.30%) but less weak than last week (35.86%).
If the Mélenchonist representative had come first in the first round thanks to his good result in Grenoble, his competitor from the central bloc had obtained his best scores in the small, well-off towns which make up the rest of the constituency. In view of the balance of power, the former lawyer seemed from January 12 better placed to benefit from the postponement of votes. notably the centrist candidate Hervé Gerbi (7.71%), the LR Nathalie Béranger (16.77%) and the Ciottist Alexandre Lacroix (11.09%), who called to vote for her. Former substitute for Olivier Véran on this plot of Isère, Camille Galliard-Minier had already replaced him in this position when he was in government from 2020 to 2022.
As soon as her election was made official, the Macronist received the congratulations of her future leader Gabriel Attal, who hailed a victory “fruit of anchoring and values”. “Our compatriots want action and a France at peace. Choosing extremes is the path to disorder. The French are not mistaken”underlined the former prime minister.
-“No voting instructions” from Glucksmann
On the left, the choice of the common candidate immediately aroused tensions within the coalition. The former “prime minister” of the NFP, Lucie Castets, had for a time considered running before giving up, because she did not wish to sit within the LFI group in the Assembly. A position contrary to the movement founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, which made it a non-negotiable condition for granting him the nomination.
If Lyes Louffok was finally designated, he did not succeed in bringing his camp together. At the beginning of January, PS-Place publique MEP Raphaël Glucksmann had not given “no voting instructions”unlike Olivier Faure, who gave his support to the NFP candidate in the final stretch.
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