The PS in the lead in Paris, breakthrough of the RN, minister relieved … What to remember from the first round?

These polls did not move the crowds. Partial legislative elections were held on Sunday in four constituencies, with abstention rates ranging from 74% (in the Oise) to 84% (in Paris). This very low participation prevented some lists from qualifying for the second round next Sunday, since it is necessary to obtain a number of votes equal to 12.5% ​​of those registered on the electoral lists.

Three weeks before the regional and departmental elections, and less than a year from the presidential election, the left has resumed its colors in Paris, while the National Rally qualifies for the second round in two constituencies and a minister labeled The Republic en Marche is well placed to take a seat as an MP.

A 100% left-wing duel in Paris

In the 20th arrondissement of the capital, the left, divided part, will face each other in the second round. The candidate of the Socialist Party, Lamia El Aaraje, close to the mayor Anne Hidalgo, counts 25.66% of the votes cast, according to figures communicated by the parties, while the rebellious Danielle Simonnet, councilor of Paris and elected of the 20th, collects 20.78% of the votes. The result of next Sunday will determine whether or not the PS retains its last Parisian deputy seat. It will also be a test for the regional, where lists PS, EELV and LFI appear in the first round.

Arriving in fourth position (18.42%), the ecological candidate Antoinette Gühl (allied to Génération.s) finds herself in the position of kingmaker, but she does not give voting instructions for the second round this Monday. The carry over of votes
of the communist candidate (10.57%) should also weigh in the balance.

But could this first round be canceled? The Republican candidate François-Marie Didier (18.52%) said on Monday that he plans to lodge an appeal with the Constitutional Council, because of a candidate who printed ballots stamped La République en Marche, without having any link with the presidential party. This ultimately won 4.4% of the votes.

The RN facing the “republican front” in two constituencies

The National Rally, which currently has only six seats at the Palais-Bourbon, qualifies for the second in the 1st constituency of Oise and the 6th of Pas-de-Calais. But in both constituencies, his chances of winning next Sunday seem low, given the advance of his opponents and calls to the anti-RN front from unqualified candidates for the second round.

The RN candidate in the Oise, Claire Marais-Beuil, obtained 15.27% of the vote, but should have difficulty beating the nephew of Olivier Dassault (who accidentally died in March), Victor Habert-Dassault (LR), came largely in the lead with 58.44% of the vote, and supported in the second round by Roxane Lundy, candidate of Génération.s-PS-EELV-PCF-PRG which obtained 12.31% of the votes.

Relief for LREM and the government

In Pas-de-Calais, Minister Delegate for Autonomy Brigitte Bourguignon came out largely in the lead in the first round, with 34.95% of the vote, ahead of RN candidate Marie-Christine Bourgeois (24.02%). This result was closely scrutinized by LREM (which has won only two by-elections out of 16 since 2017), and even Emmanuel Macron. The president telephoned the candidate on Sunday evening, who missed her call, according to The voice of the North. The second round will look like a rehearsal before the regional and departmental ones on June 20 and 27, because the Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti, head of the LREM list in the Pas-de-Calais, has embarked on the campaign for ” hunt the RN ”.

The minister could benefit from the “republican front”. The boss of the Hauts-de-France region Xavier Bertrand has indeed called on Monday to “block the FN” in the second round, without “any hesitation”, while candidate LR won 19.2% of the vote. As for the PS candidate, Bastien Marguerite-Garin (12.91% of the ballots),
he also urged his constituents to “make the extreme right fight”.

Finally, in Indre-et-Loire, the centrists of the UDI are well on their way to retaining their seat. The candidate invested by the UDI and LR, and supported by LREM, won the first round, with 45% of the vote. Mayor of Beaulieu-lès-Loches, Sophie Métadier will face socialist Murielle Riolet (20%), deputy mayor of Chambray-lès-Tours, next Sunday. The RN failed to qualify in the second round, with 18.64% of the vote but below 12.5% ​​registered, just like EELV (16.22%).