Eric Zemmour therefore takes up the gauntlet.
Like Marine Le Pen and unlike Jean-Luc Mélenchon, he is running for the legislative elections in the wake of his presidential campaign.
His personal chances are weak, as are those of his party, Reconquête!
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The voting system is a first explanation.
Zemmour is running in one of the ten constituencies (the 4th in Var) where he won between 14% and 17% of the votes cast.
In none he came out on top.
In none he reached the qualification threshold in the second round (12.5% of registered).
And in the only three where, coming second, he would be drafted (Paris 4th and 14th and 8th of the French abroad), he cannot hope to win.
On June 19, there should be no Zemmourist deputy.
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A non-majority score, even modest or disappointing, makes it possible to exist in a presidential election, therefore to weigh in the national debate, but does not allow access to the National Assembly.
This is a second explanation...
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