Voters called to the polls on Sunday in six partial legislative elections

Consequences of the municipal elections and the government reshuffle of July, six partial legislative elections are organized on Sunday in Maine-et-Loire, in Haut-Rhin, Yvelines, Val-de-Marne, Seine-Maritime and Réunion, with the fear of massive abstention, aggravated by the health crisis.

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"suggests a socialist parliamentary source.

Fears over the rekindling of the covid-19 epidemic should also not encourage voters to rush to polling stations.

In five of the six constituencies, this first round is due to the fact that under the rule of non-accumulation of mandates, the former holders of the post preferred to occupy a chair of mayor, even in a small municipality, rather than keep their headquarters at the Palais Bourbon.

And their substitutes did not wish to take over, twenty months before the legislative elections of 2022.

This disaffection of elected officials for Parliament "

", analyzes a minister.

"

" he laments.

In the 5th district of Seine-Maritime, eight candidates will compete for the votes of this socialist bastion.

The former PS deputy Christophe Bouillon, elected mayor of Barentin in May, should have given way to his deputy Bastien Coriton but he finally favored his mayor of Rives-de-Seine.

Same situation in the 3rd constituency of Maine-et-Loire where the election of Jean-Charles Taugourdeau (LR) as mayor of Beaufort-en-Anjou and the renunciation of his deputy caused a new election in this historically anchored land to the right.

It leaves divided with three candidates in the center right when the left has gathered behind an environmentalist.

An LREM seat at stake

Reverse scenario in the 9th district of Val-de-Marne where the socialist Luc Carvournas has also favored the town hall of Alfortville and where, against a background of fratricidal wars, the left is crumbled with six candidates.

Only one LREM seat is at stake, in the 11th district of Yvelines, where Nadia Hai, appointed Minister Delegate for the City, has resigned.

She thus wanted to provoke a by-election to prevent her deputy, indicted for drug trafficking, from sitting in what was the chosen land of the former socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon.

In the midst of eleven other candidacies, the departmental head of the “

” will try to keep the constituency with the majority party.

Another consequence of the reshuffle: LR deputy Éric Straumann left his seat in the 1st district of Haut-Rhin to become mayor of Colmar;

her deputy Brigitte Klinkert was immediately appointed Minister for Integration.

Nine candidates are in the running.

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The Communist group in the Assembly plays tight: Huguette Bello, elected mayor of Saint-Paul, resigned from her seat as deputy for the second constituency of Réunion while her deputy Olivier Hoarau wished to keep the town hall of the Port.

If the PCF lost a deputy, they would be no more than 15, that is to say the minimum threshold to constitute a group in the National Assembly.

But Ms. Bello's successor has been able to unite on the left, except with the Greens.

The opposition is exploded with 13 candidates.

Another partial legislative election should take place in the sixth constituency of Pas-de-Calais, whose deputy Brigitte Bourguignon (LREM) has been appointed Minister for Autonomy in the Castex government.

His deputy Ludovic Loquet is due to resign in the coming weeks.

The LREM group, which has lost the absolute majority following a series of departures for other political groups, hopes to at least maintain its positions.