The results are unsurprising. Three outgoing deputies were re-elected on Sunday, in the second round of partial legislative elections in constituencies of French people living abroad. Turnout was low for these low-stakes polls.
In the 8th constituency, which brings together several countries around the Mediterranean, including Israel, Italy, Greece and Turkey, the related outgoing LR Meyer Habib won 53.99% of the vote, against 46.01% for the macronist Deborah Abisror de Lieme, according to the provisional results available on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He even widened the gap against his competitor, who was already in the running in the second round last June and had then obtained 49.42% of the vote.
Victory of a close Netanyahu
Meyer Habib is close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Constitutional Council had canceled its June election after noting “irregularities” and “manoeuvres” by its supporters “likely to alter the sincerity of the ballot”.
In the 2nd constituency, which brings together countries from Latin America and the Caribbean, the outgoing Macronist Éléonore Caroit won 62.44% of the vote, winning over the LFI candidate of Nupes Christian Rodriguez (37.56%), whom she had already beaten in June. Éléonore Caroit, who then won 57.42% of the vote, also progressed.
In the 9th constituency, French people established in the Maghreb and West Africa, the outgoing ecologist and Nupes candidate Karim Ben Cheikh, who had finished very far ahead in the first round, won with 67.65% of the vote. votes against Macronist candidate Caroline Traverse.