3:43 in the night from Saturday to Sunday.
On Twitter, the prefecture of Guadeloupe announces the final results of the second round of legislative elections.
The Secretary of State for the Sea, Justine Benin, in particular, has been eliminated and will no doubt have to leave her position in government.
Immediately, the information is taken up by all the media.
This Sunday, some commentators were surprised that these scores could be made public before the closing of the polls in the big cities, at 8 p.m. this Sunday evening.
During the presidential election, no score, anywhere in France (including overseas), can be made public before 8 p.m.
Yes and it's really nonsense.
This is not only a lack of ethics but a violation of the electoral code.
Decidedly the weight of the social networks which broadcast these results for several hours will become a major problem.
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— Namias Robert (@NamiasRobert) June 19, 2022
"It's not just a lack of ethics but a violation of the electoral code", protests the former political journalist Robert Namias, believing that "the weight of the social networks which have been broadcasting these results for several hours will become a major problem. ".
“It is the closing of the polling stations on site that counts”
In reality, neither the prefecture of Guadeloupe nor the media violated the electoral code.
Mainland France and the overseas territories are distinguished in black and white in its article L52-2.
“In the event of general elections, no election results, partial or definitive, may be communicated to the public by any means whatsoever, in mainland France, before the closing of the last polling station in mainland France.
It is the same in the overseas departments before the closing of the last polling station in each of the departments concerned, ”we can read.
“It is the closing of the polling stations on the spot (overseas), which counts”, confirms Bruno Daugeron, professor of public law at the University of Paris Descartes.
Or, for the West Indies, on the night of Saturday to Sunday Paris time, the ballot having taken place there on Saturday.
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Paragraph 2 of the same Article L52-2 of the Electoral Code provides that "when the Republic forms a single constituency, no election results, partial or final, may be communicated to the public by any means whatsoever before the closing of the last polling station in metropolitan France.
That's why you have to wait 8 p.m. during a presidential election.
