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Legislative 2022: Secretary of State Justine Benin beaten in the second round in Guadeloupe

2022-06-19T05:46:54.891Z


The outgoing deputy played her role in the government during this election, marked by the victory of the left-wing candidates on the island.


The Secretary of State for the Sea, Justine Benin, was beaten on Saturday in the second round of the legislative elections in the 2nd constituency of Guadeloupe, with 41.35% of the votes behind Christian Baptiste (DVG), supported by Nupes, elected with 58 .65% of the votes, announced the prefecture of Guadeloupe in a press release.

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  • Find all the results of the legislative elections

Justine Benin, outgoing MP, played her role in the government during this election.

The executive had recalled before the vote that in the event of failure in the legislative elections the minister candidate should leave the government in accordance with an unwritten rule but already applied in 2017 by Emmanuel Macron.

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Questioned after her failure by radio RCI about her future in the government, Justine Benin indicated on Saturday evening that "

as things stand [she had] not yet had an answer to that

" and should be fixed "

by Monday

".

Christian Baptiste declared for his part in the local media that "

the interest of Guadeloupe is not to remain in a vertical and brutal policy of Emmanuel Macron

".

Good results from Nupes

Three of the four deputies elected in Guadeloupe - Olivier Serva, Christian Baptiste and Elie Califer - were supported by the alliance of left-wing parties Nupes during this election, marked by a very high abstention with less than 28.23% of participation, against 30.65% in 2017.

In the first constituency, the outgoing deputy, Olivier Serva, ex-LREM and supported by LFI for the second round, was elected with 74.04%.

He wants to create “

an overseas group at the National Assembly

” and “

defend the reintegration of suspended caregivers

”.

In the third constituency, the candidate of the National Rally, Rody Tolassy, ​​failed to win a mandate as a deputy while it was in the archipelago that Marine Le Pen had won her best score (nearly 70%) during of the second round of the presidential election.

With about "

1000 votes difference

" thanks to "

a local republican alliance

" according to local media, outgoing MP Max Mathiasin, who came in second in the first round, finally won in this second round (52.12 % voices).

The latter hailed in the local media the mobilization of "

a front of Guadeloupe

".

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In the fourth constituency, without suspense, Elie Califer, mayor (PS) of Saint-Claude was elected with 100% of the votes cast.

He was the only candidate in the running after the withdrawal of his opponent Marie-Luce Penchard.

Source: lefigaro

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