The boss of the deputies of La République en Marche obtained 48.51 % of the votes, against 51.49 % for his “rebellious” opponent of the NUPPES, Léo Walter.
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It is a heavy goods vehicle from La République en Marche that has just fallen. The boss of deputies of the presidential party, Christophe Castaner, was beaten in the second round of the legislative elections, Sunday June 19, in the 2nd district of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, against the “rebellious” candidate of the new Ecological People’s Union and Social (NUPES), Léo Walter. The latter obtained 51.49 % of the vote, against 48.51 % for the former Minister of the Interior.
In the first round, Mr. Castaner had barely headed with 30.16 % of the vote against 29.3 % for Mr. Walter, while the left left very divided. The candidate of the National Rally (RN), Aurélie Abeille, had finished third with 23.31 % of the votes.
In the interwar period, Mr. Castaner was the target of the mayor RN of Perpignan, Louis Aliot, who had said he wished his defeat. “There are cases where our electorate will wonder, for example against Mr. Castaner, I actually think that there are voters of the national rally in his constituency who will think twice, who, perhaps, even By shooting his nose, will vote against Mr. Castaner, “he added, denouncing” the worst Minister of the Interior, the most arrogant, most sectarian man “.
Different context from 2017
In 2017, Mr. Castaner had crushed competition in this riding in the first round, with 44.04 % of the vote, ahead of Léo Walter, then candidate for rebellious France (16.55 %). He won in the second round against the latter, with 61.57 % of the votes. At the time, he had benefited from the breath effect of the election of Emmanuel Macron, who had won in the second round more than 60 % of the votes in the constituency, against Marine Le Pen. The context is different this year in this territory, since the outgoing president has only preceded his rival of a very short head, with barely more than half of the votes cast (50.67 %).
Christophe Castaner, 56, was elected in this constituency for the first time in 2012, under the colors of the Socialist Party, and re -elected in 2017 under those of the Republic En Marche (LRM). Minister of the Interior from October 2018 to July 2020, it was questioned in particular for the operations of maintenance of order during demonstrations of “yellow vests”. He was also responsible for the organization of the first confinement and the health restrictions at the start of the crisis linked to the COVVI-19.