Another hurdle to cross.
Candidate in her stronghold of Hénin-Beaumont, where she was seeking her succession in the 11th constituency of Pas-de-Calais, the unfortunate presidential finalist obtained around 55% of the votes in the first round of the legislative elections of 2022. A demonstration of force which does not however allow him to be elected as of this Sunday, because of a too important abstention.
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Because of the participation, I will ask (my voters) another effort next Sunday to confirm this good score
," she said in a statement, confirming that she would face her opponent from Nupes, Marine Tondelier. .
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In favorable ballot, it will therefore have to wait an additional week to confirm its anchoring in this territory, where it had missed the deputation in 2012. Before finally settling there in 2017, with 58.60% of the votes in the second round at the 'era.
During the last departmental elections in 2021, Marine Le Pen had collected 61% of the votes in the first round in the canton of Hénin-Beaumont 2.
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Bastion of the Front become National Rally, the Pas-de-Calais gave four deputies to the party to the flame five years ago.
In addition to running the town halls of Hénin-Beaumont and Bruay-la-Buissière there, the nationalist movement saw its scores increase in the department at each election, to the point of giving 57.5% of the votes to Marine Le Pen in the second round of the last presidential election.
Scores giving the RN hope for other local deputies, especially in the 1st constituency, where the RN candidate Emmanuel Blairy hopes to climb to the top of the first round.
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While beating the campaign for herself, Marine Le Pen should continue during the interval between rounds to encourage mobilization in the constituencies winnable for her camp.
Objective, to prepare to take the reins of the future parliamentary group that his political party should win.
A first since the legislative elections of 1986, when 35 FN deputies had made their entry into the National Assembly thanks to the proportional voting system preferred at the time to the uninominal majority ballot in two rounds.
