They achieved a first success necessary to keep their position. All of the ministers who are candidates for the legislative elections qualified on Sunday, June 12, for the first round of the legislative elections.
Including Elisabeth Borne, fifteen members of the government appointed on May 20 are in the running – at the risk of losing their posts. As in 2017, the rule imposed by the Elysée indeed wants a minister beaten at the ballot box to leave the government.
The first member of the government to qualify for the second round was the Secretary of State for the Sea, Justine Benin. This obtained 31.31% of the votes in the 2e constituency of Guadeloupe, which voted on Saturday, according to a final count press release Sunday morning, Paris time. The outgoing MP, invested by the presidential coalition Together!, is ahead of the various left candidate Christian Baptiste, who won 26.78% of the vote.
Elisabeth Borne in good position
The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, was a candidate in the 6e constituency of Calvados, where she has family ties. The former prefect, never elected, came first with 34.32% of the votes cast in front of the candidate of Nupes Noah Gauchard (LFI, 24.53%).
The Overseas Minister, Yael Braun-Pivetwho won 36.59% of the vote, will also face a Nupes candidate, Sophie Thevenet (23.55%), in the 5e constituency of Yvelines, just like the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Marc Fesneau (31.97% in the 1re constituency of Loir-et-Cher, facing Reda Belkadi at 24.31%), the former president of the Les Républicains (LR) group in the National Assembly became Minister of Solidarity Damian Abad (33.38% in the 5e constituency of Ain opposed to Florence Pisani who obtained 23.54%), the Minister of Labour, Full Employment and Integration Olivier Dussopt (30.04% in the 2e constituency of Ardèche once morest Christophe Goulouzelle at 23.58%), the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin (10e North constituency with 39.08% of the vote ahead of Leslie Mortreux with 23.08%). This is also the case for the Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion Amelie de Montchalin (6e constituency of Essonne) which, on the other hand, came in second place with 31.46% of the vote, overtaken by Jérôme Guedj (38.31%).
The Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament, Olivier Veran (40.50% in the 1re constituency of Isère) and the Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal (48.06% in 10e constituency of Hauts-de-Seine) came first, but without being elected on 1is lap despite a good score. They will also face Nupes candidates in the second round, respectively Salomé Robin (36.86%) and Cécile Soubelet (30.75%).
Two ministers will face a candidate from the National Rally (RN): Brigitte Bourguignonin charge of health and prevention, in the 6e constituency of Pas-de-Calais (32.10% once morest 30.33% for Christine Engrand) and Franck RiesterMinister Delegate in charge of Foreign Trade, who came first in the 5e constituency of Seine-et-Marne with 29.27% of the vote, ahead of French Lenormand (25.41%).
ballot for ministers in Paris
Three ministers presented themselves in Paris. Clement BeauneMinister Delegate for Europe and “macronist” of the first hour, is in unfavorable tie in the 7e ridingwhich brings together part of 11ᵉ, 4e and you 12e borough. He comes behind the Nupes candidate Caroline Mecary, with 35.81% of the votes cast, once morest 40.40% for the left-wing candidate.
The Minister of Public Service, Stanislas Gueriniexperiences a similar situation in the 3e constituency. In this territory straddling the 17e et 18e districts, the general delegate of En Marche won 32.50% of the vote, once morest 38.66 for his competitor Nupes Léa Balage El Mariky.
Olivia GregoireSecretary of State and government spokesperson, candidate in the 12e constituency, which covers part of the 7e et 15e boroughs, is in a much more favorable situation. She won 39.51% of the vote once morest 22.34% for her opponent from Nupes Céline Malaisé.
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