In counting the Prime Minister, fifteen members of the government are in the running during these legislative elections.
Le Monde with AFP and reuters
They were a first success necessary to keep their posts. Elisabeth Borne, Olivier Dussopt and Damien Abad, respectively Prime Minister, Minister of Labor and Minister of Solidarity, qualified on Sunday June 12 in the first round of legislative elections.
In counting Elisabeth Borne, fifteen members of the government appointed on May 20 are in the running – at the risk of losing their post. As in 2017, the rule imposed by the Elysée wants that a minister defeated in the ballot box leaves the government.
The first results
The first member of the government to qualify for the second round was the secretary of state in charge of the sea, Justine Benin. This obtained 31.31 % of the votes in the 2 e district of Guadeloupe, which voted on Saturday, according to a final count communicated on Sunday morning, Paris time. The outgoing deputy, invested by the presidential coalition together !, Devance the various left candidate Christian Baptiste, who collected 26.76 % of the votes.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne was a candidate in the 6
Olivier Dussopt, appointed Minister of Labor, full employment and insertion on May 20, came first in the 2 e district of the Ardèche, with 30.04 % Voices, according to the final results. He will be opposed to a Nutpe candidate, Christophe Goulouzelle, who arrived second with 23.58 % of the votes.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Marc Fesneau and the ex-president of the Les Républicains group (LR) in the National Assembly who became Minister of Solidarity, Damien Abad, will also face candidates.
The Minister of Health and Prevention, Brigitte Bourguignon, will face the national rally (RN) candidate Christine Engrand, in the 6 e district of Pas-de-Calais.
uncertainty in major cities
For the time being, the results of certain constituencies – especially in major cities, where polling stations have closed at 8 p.m. – are not yet known.
Three ministers presented themselves in Paris: Clément Beaune, Minister Delegate in charge of Europe and “macronist” of the early hour, in the 7th district, which brings together part of 11 e and du 12
é> arrondissements, as well as Olivia Grégoire, Secretary of State and government spokesperson, candidate in the 12 e constituency, which overlaps part of the 7 e arrondissement.
Four others presented themselves in the Grande Crown: the Minister Delegate in charge of public accounts Gabriel Attal, in the 10
district of Hauts-de-Seine, Yaël Braun-Pivet, the Minister -Mer, in the 5 e district of Yvelines, the Minister of Ecological Transition and the Cohesion of the territories Amélie de Montchalin in the 6