Legislative elections in Hérault: in the 1st constituency, a few votes ahead, Patricia Miralles in difficulty

Josyan Oliva (LR/RN) and Jean-Louis Roumégas (NFP) neck and neck. FREE MIDI – JEAN MICHEL MART

The LR/RN alliance and the union of the left are only separated by a handful of votes at the end of the first round. Next Sunday, it is the decision of the outgoing MP, Patricia Miralles, which could tip the scales.

This Sunday, the navy blue wave that left the Hérault coast ended up sweeping away the 1st constituency of Hérault. For just a handful of votes. Largely supported by the votes of the municipalities of Lattes, Palavas, Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, Pérols, Saint-Jean-de-Védas and Lavérune, the Ciottiste candidate Josyan Oliva – supported by the National Rally – saw his lead melt over time. the evening. And as the Montpellier offices are examined.

Josyan Oliva and Jean-Louis Roumégas neck and neck

At the end of the night, the LR/RN candidate finally came first in this first round with 34.11% of the votes… or forty ballots more than his opponent from the New Popular Front, the ecologist Jean-Louis Roumégas (34.04%). "It was hot, but we are ahead with a score well above that obtained by the RN in 2022 (France Jamet finished 3rd with 20.58%, Editor’s note). I am sure that the voters of Reconquest and the Republicans will support my candidacy for a union of the rights. We will now have to convince those of Patricia Miralles that choosing a Popular Front led in particular by La France Insoumise would be a very bad thing for the country. It's up to us to confirm…", confided Josyan Oliva at the end of the evening.

Jean-Louis Roumégas, for a long time, believed he could beat his "main political adversary" to the post. "The voters of Montpellier mobilized strongly to block the far-right, which allowed us to end this first round with a near-tie. Everything remains open, indicates the one who was already a deputy for this constituency between 2012 and 2017. I also heard the messages from the President of the Republic and Gabriel Attal. I hope that Patricia Miralles will make the necessary decision. She probably has the key to the second round."

Will Patricia Miralles withdraw ?

Complicated evening for the outgoing MP. Like other executives of the presidential majority, the elected representative from Hérault paid the price for voters' resentment towards the President of the Republic. Although it seems far away, the scenario of 2022 where, arriving just behind the candidate Nupes in the first round, she managed to reverse the trend to retain a seat that she had occupied in the Assembly since 2017. This Sunday, Patricia Miralles may have felt the tide turning very early.

At the beginning of the evening, she canceled the planned rally with her activists in Palavas, officially "due to late results", before cutting off her phone portable. With 22.54% of the vote, the Secretary of State for Veterans Affairs nevertheless did much better than the presidential majority list in the European elections (11.65% in this constituency). Able to stay in the second round, however, she seems too far away to be able to catch up. The question of withdrawal is clearly posed for the outgoing MP. In the early hours of Monday, July 1, Patricia Miralles had not yet officially made a decision…hellip;

Éric chaveroche (the republicans)

"I'm curious to see how everyone will position themselves. For my part, I am slightly increasing (4.29%) compared to 2022, in a complicated context. For whom I am calling to vote ? I will wait for my party's official position. But one thing is certain, I will not support a candidate run by the National Rally!"

Stéphanie Lévy (center left)

"I am happy that, despite an express campaign, 1,400 voters chose a ballot offering an alternative (1.62%). These people are big enough to make their choice for the second round. But for me, who is a centrist and environmentalist, seeing that the candidacy of the New Popular Front is supported by Jean-Louis Roumégas, it’s reassuring. I therefore call on Patricia Miralles to quickly make a decision, and to withdraw in favor of the NFP, for the common good."

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