Successful bet for Valérie Pécresse.
Despite the list of union of the left led by the ecologist Julien Bayou, the ex-LR president of Île-de-France is re-elected at the head of her region with 45.5% of the votes, according to the first estimates Ifop -Fiducial for TF1 / LCI.
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She is well ahead of Julien Bayou (EELV / PS / PCF / LFI), second with 32.5% of the vote.
Jordan Bardella, head of the National Rally list, comes in third position, with 11.5% of the vote.
Behind, Laurent Saint-Martin, candidate of the presidential majority, obtains only 10.5%.
A union of the lefts that did not make the difference
In the first round, the outgoing president had already arrived well ahead of her rivals with more than 36% of the vote.
In the interval between the two rounds, the three left-wing lists had merged behind Julien Bayou to represent “
ecology and solidarity in Île-de-France
”.
During this week, the president of the region did not cease attacking the list which she considered to be her only competitor: the one representing the union of the left.
“
The head of the list in Île-de-France will lead the region.
So it's a false quadrangular, it's a real duel, a duel between Julien Bayou and me,
”she hammered.
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"
I am the only bulwark against the extreme left (...)
", she explained in
Le Figaro
, tackling this list which "
defends a punitive ecology, which fights against the car and not against pollution and wants to remove a lane on the peripheral
”.
The one who was elected in 2015 after winning in the second round against the socialist Claude Bartolone therefore renews her mandate for a period of six years. Unless it takes the field in the coming months to embark on the presidential race of 2022.
