For the first time since Toulon in 1995, a city of more than 100,000 inhabitants could come under RN control: with 35.6% in the first round, Louis Aliot is in a strong position in Perpignan against the outgoing LR mayor. But in the "new context" of the coronavirus pandemic, "I do not see how a second round could take place," said Louis Aliot, 50, when Marine Le Pen, his ex-partner, had just asked for the postponement of the poll of March 22. For the outgoing mayor Jean-Marc Pujol "the necessary serenity and tranquility" are not met either for the holding of the second round next Sunday.
At the head of an unlabeled list, to spare the running mongers from other mobilities, the deputy RN of the Pyrénées-Orientales confirms what the polls had predicted for months. Compared to the 2014 election (34% in the first round) which he had lost in the second round, Louis Aliot only improved his mark by 1 point, but his lead over the outgoing mayor increased by 4 points in 2014 , at 5 Sunday.
At the end of the count, Jean-Marc Pujol won only 18.43% of the vote, a rare occurrence for an outgoing mayor. Mayor since 2009, this 70-year-old pied-noir is seeking a third term.
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