His agreement between two rounds with the ecologist Daniel Cueff had surprised more than one. Starting with the main supporters of the former mayor of Langouët, who had preferred to leave the ship than to ally with the socialist majority. This Sunday, outgoing president Loïg Chesnais-Girard has yet succeeded in his bet: he won the second round of regional elections in Brittany.
According to estimates, the Socialist has won 29.8% of the vote in this region in the hands of the left since the victory of Jean-Yves Le Drian in 2004. Isabelle Le Callennec (LR) comes second with 22% of the vote ahead of Claire Desmares-Poirrier who flirts with 20.2%. LREM candidate Thierry Burlot fell to 14.7%, ahead of National Rally candidate Gilles Pennelle (13.2%) in a ballot still marked by strong abstention (63.4%).
Allies to be found to be elected president
The list led by Loïg Chesnais-Girard and Daniel Cueff, however, fails to reach the 33% necessary to obtain an absolute majority in the regional council. We are therefore moving towards “a third round” where the outgoing president will have to find some allies in order to be elected during the first council next Friday in Rennes.
#Estimate #electionsregionales2021
►PS. Loig Chesnais-Girard 29.8%
►LR. Isabelle Le Callennec 22.1%
►EELV. Claire Desmares Poirrier 19.8%
►LREM. Thierry Burlot 14.9%
►RN. Gilles Pennelle 13.4% pic.twitter.com/LTxgbTi12P– France 3 Brittany (@ france3Bretagne) June 27, 2021
The winner’s first speech, however, was that of a new president. “The victory is beautiful. I owe it to you, and I owe it to the Bretons and the Bretons. Election time is over. It’s time to get down to business, ”said the socialist. A few minutes later, he received a round of applause from his supporters. With a hand placed on his heart, standing on his platform at the town hall of Liffré, a town on the outskirts of Rennes of which he was mayor, Loïg Chesnais-Girard was able to breathe.
Mission accomplished for Chesnais-Girard
After refusing the invitation of his mentor Jean-Yves Le Drian to merge with the list of Thierry Burlot (LREM) and sent the ecologists of Claire Desmares-Poirrier to graze, he had taken a risk. “But this poker move is not a winner,” tempers the candidate EELV. Not completely anyway.
This first ballot without Jean-Yves Le Drian leads to a scenario that is ultimately quite predictable. With a solid cast in its list, its dolphin has succeeded in its mission, taking advantage of the fragmentation of the regional political scene in an unprecedented quinquagulaire.