It is a successful conversion, at least for the moment.
In the 18th district of Paris, Aymeric Caron came out on top in the first round of the legislative elections, with 45.05% of the vote.
This first round therefore consecrates the candidacy of the former columnist, anti-species activist who had announced to the Parisian his wish to stand for the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes).
During the presidential campaign, Aymeric Caron had strongly criticized the candidacy of Éric Zemmour, not hesitating to qualify the far-right candidate as "fascist".
He notably faced this Sunday the outgoing deputy close to Édouard Philippe, Pierre-Yves Bournazel.
In 2017, he snatched the 18th constituency from the left against the socialist minister Myriam El Khomri.
During his legislative campaign, some opponents and even some supporters of Caron criticized an excerpt from a television interview in "C à vous" dating from 2017 in which Aymeric Caron proposed a "permit to vote".
Faced with the bronca, he had clarified to our colleagues from CheckNews that it was “no longer relevant at all”.
Consult the results of the legislative elections in Paris, constituency by constituency.
Follow the results in particular in the 1st district (Paris 1st, Paris 2nd and Paris 8th), the 5th district (Paris 10th and Paris 3rd), the 10th district (Paris 13th and Paris 14th), the 16th district (Paris 19th) and the 18th district (Paris 18th).
The 18th district of Paris is one of those districts whose heart swings between the different political forces of the country because of its very varied sociology linked to its 160,000 inhabitants, covering both very well-to-do and very poor areas.
Twelve candidates presented themselves.
Pierre-Yves Bournazel came second with 35.57% of the vote.
Results of the first round of legislative elections in 2017
Registered: 67,245 Abstention: 57.31% (38,539) Turnout: 42.69% (28,706) Blank votes: 3,470 (5.16%) Invalid votes: 1,073 (1.60%) Votes cast: 35.93% (24,163)
31.76% (53.61% in the second round) Pierre-Yves Bournazel (Les Républicains)
20.23% (46.39%) Myriam El Khomri (Socialist Party)
16.60% Paul Vannier (Rebellious France)
13.57% Caroline de Haas (Ecologist)
3.19% Annie Lavenier (National Front)
2.61% Violette Baranda (various left)
1.59% Sylvain Perret (Various)
1.25% Félix Beppo (Various left)
1.20% Alena Averiyanova (Debout France)
1.17% Pierre Tondeux (Miscellaneous)
0.86% Gilles Brunebarbe (Far right)
0.83% Jean-Baptiste Villemur (Miscellaneous)
0.74% Mathilde Vassor (Ecologist)
0.65% Constantine Nanfah (Various right)
0.54% Arnaud Vivian (Far Left)
0.52% Fatou Tall (Various)
0.52% Michèle Pohyer (Far Left)
0.52% Arnaud Ambroselli (Various)
0.48% Marie Duval (Various)
0.31% Franck Herlange (Various left)
0.29% Yves Hulot (Various)
0.25% Camille Alix (Various)
0.16% Catherine Liscoët (Far Left)
0.16% Sébastien Perimony (Miscellaneous)
0.01% Francis Sando (Various right)
0.00% Carla Arenas (Environmentalist)