The score is honourable.
For his second attempt at a presidential election, Jean Lassalle collected 3.2
% of the votes, at the end of the first round this Sunday, according to our Ipsos & Sopra Steria estimates for the Parisian - Today in France, France Televisions and Radio France.
A result that places him in 7th position, just behind the environmental candidate Yannick Jadot, given at 4.3%.
Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, respectively at 28.5%, 23.6% and 20.3%.
The candidate of “Resist!
“Despite everything, records a good progression compared to 2017, when it had collected 1.21% of the votes.
But his popularity - according to a poll, he is the French people's favorite candidate for a barbecue at the campsite but also the one with whom they would most like to share a beer - has not translated into the ballot box.
Tour de France and controversies
It is also with potential voters, on the ground, that the deputy for Pyrénées-Atlantiques conducted his campaign.
On March 9, he left his department aboard a huge bus bearing his image which took him to the four corners of France but also to the Overseas Territories on two occasions.
In recent weeks, Jean Lassalle has especially stood out for his multiple criticisms of the course of this new presidential race.
On several occasions - including during his appearance on the program "Élysée 2022" - the professional shepherd had considered that it was a "shitty campaign", deploring in particular the difference in treatment between the different candidates. .
He even insisted, during his various media interventions, that France was a "soft dictatorship" and threatened to withdraw from the presidential race.
He finally went all the way.