In Saint-Barthélemy, the historic majority of the outgoing president was put on the ballot in the territorial elections, an unprecedented situation for this island in the French West Indies, which will organize for the first time in its history a second round, on March 27.
With 1,625 votes and 46.2% of the votes cast, Saint-Barth d’Abord, the historic list of outgoing President Bruno Magras (elected continuously in the first round since 1995 but who chose to retire from the political scene), now driven by her younger cousin Romaric Magras, came out on top.
It is followed by Saint-Barth Action-Equilibre by Marie-Hélène Bernier (27.1%) and Unis pour Saint-Barthélemy by Xavier Lédée (26.8%). A few minutes after the promulgation of the results of the first round, Marie-Hélène Bernier and Xavier Lédée gathered their running mate and negotiations began to form a common list to present themselves to voters on Sunday March 27 against Romaric Magras and Saint-Barth. first of all. A “merger” should be approved before Tuesday 6 p.m., the legal limit for submitting lists for the second round of voting.
Of the 5,315 registered on the electoral lists (the island has just over 10,000 inhabitants), 3,589 went to the five polling stations in Saint-Barthélemy, representing a participation rate of 67%.