This night from Sunday to Monday promises to be short, or downright white in the headquarters.
Because, once the results are known, there will not be much time left for the teams until the lists are submitted for the second round.
The deadline is Tuesday at 6 p.m.
The negotiations between candidates will therefore take place against the backdrop of a race against time.
In practice, only the lists which obtain more than 5% of the votes cast can be merged.
Those who register more than 10% of the vote are entitled to stay.
In the process, it will be necessary to print new leaflets, new posters and updated ballots.
And prepare for the jump-off campaign.
Troubling.
The Republican front raises reservations
The phase of negotiations which begins this Sunday evening promises to be tough in the context of list mergers.
A fortiori if several lists merge, which the law allows.
Each camp will make its arguments and will claim a number of places linked to its score in the first round.
In this bargaining, some candidates may find themselves ejected from the final list or demoted.
In Hauts-de-France, the outgoing president, Xavier Bertrand, has already indicated that he would not negotiate with anyone, whatever the score of the RN: “It will be the same list in the first and second rounds .
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Where the score of the candidates of Marine Le Pen will be high on Sunday will arise for some the question of withdrawal from the lists.
A cruel dilemma.
This is what happened in 2015 in Paca for the list led by Christophe Castaner, then PS leader.
The future president of the LREM group in the Assembly had withdrawn his list to obstruct Marion Maréchal, who came first.
A decision poorly understood by some running mates.
For several days, Castaner had to be protected by bodyguards ... Same case in Hauts-de-France, where the Socialists, led by Pierre de Saintignon, were not there either in the face of the risk of 'a victory for Marine Le Pen.
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By Tuesday, calls to the Republican front should multiply to put pressure on the heads of the list. "If it is necessary to ask certain left-wing lists to withdraw to block the RN, François Hollande will do so with force", indicates to the Parisian the entourage of the former President of the Republic, who recalls that he is " totally attached to the Republican front ”. It remains to be seen whether these appeals will be heard, while some elected officials no longer deem them effective against the National Gathering. At LREM, officials have already expressed their reservations on this republican front. Here too, the discussions will be lively.