Last early vote before the verdict. The voters of Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Polynesia and the French abroad are called to the polls with a day of advance, Saturday, June 18, for the second round of the legislative elections, due to time difference.
The respective results will be known overnight from Saturday to Sunday (for French nationals abroad) and Sunday morning for overseas, as in the first round.
In Guadeloupe, Minister Justine Benin on borrowed time
In the overseas territories, fifteen parliamentary seats are at stake: four in Guadeloupe, four in Martinique, two in Guyana, a single constituency for Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, a single one for Saint-Pierre-et- Miquelon and three for Polynesia.
During the first round, abstention was very high in the overseas territories. In Reunion, Guyana, Guadeloupe or Martinique, it approached or exceeded 70%, reaching 78.4% in the latter. The only notable exception: Wallis and Futuna, where participation reached 78.22%. At the end of the ballot, the left came out in a position of strength, while the National Rally confirmed its breakthrough.
In Guadeloupe, this is the result of the new Secretary of State in charge of the sea, Justine Benin, outgoing MoDem MP, candidate for re-election in the 2e constituency, which will be scrutinized closely. The outgoing MP is playing her place in government, after coming out on top in the first round with 31.31% against the various left candidate Christian Baptiste (26.76%).
In Polynesia, where voters had voted a little earlier for the first round, the Tapura Huiraatira party of Polynesian President Edouard Fritch, supported by the presidential majority, came out on top in the three constituencies. Its candidates all face, during this second round, those of the independence party Tavini huiraatira, who themselves benefited from the support of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes).
Ten Duels Together!-Nupes Abroad
As for French voters residing in the eleven constituencies abroad, who had the opportunity to vote electronically, but also by post, physical voting in embassies and consulates also opens on Saturday. In ten cases out of eleven, it is a duel Ensemble!-Nupes which is announced, after having seen the candidates of the majority come out on top in eight constituencies out of eleven.
The deputy leaving the majority in the 5e constituency (Spain, Portugal, Monaco, Andorra), Stéphane Vojetta, party in dissidence after the investiture of Manuel Valls by his party and who finally beat the former prime minister in the first round, won 24.59%. He will face Nupes candidate Renaud Le Berre (27.88%), with the support of the presidential camp.
But the greatest stake for the outgoing presidential majority lies in the 9e constituency (Maghreb and West Africa): Elisabeth Moreno, former minister responsible for equality between women and men, majority candidate, who won 28.05% of the vote in the first round, faces Karim Ben Cheikh, Generation candidate. s invested by Nupes, came out on top with 39.99% of the vote.
the 8e constituency (including in particular Italy, Greece, Turkey and Israel) will finally be hotly contested, since only 170 ballots have separated the two qualified in the first round. Meyer Habib (Union of Democrats and Independents), elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017, won 28.85% of the vote. He will face in the second round Deborah Abisror-de Lieme (27.77%), ex-chief of staff of Olivier Véran and majority candidate. Between the two candidates, the end of the campaign was stormy.
For French people who vote on Sunday – mainland France, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Wallis-and-Futuna -, the polling stations will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., except for municipalities that have requested a prefectural derogation, allowing offices to be open until 8 p.m.