The slim hope of making people forget the debacle of 2017 quickly evaporated for the socialist candidate. With 1.7% of the votes cast, according to Ipsos Sopra-Steria estimates, Anne Hidalgo arrive 10e in the first round of the presidential election, Sunday April 10, behind in particular Fabien Roussel (2.4%) and Jean Lassalle (3%). A historic defeat for the Socialist Party (PS) under the Ve Republic, ranking the candidate behind Benoît Hamon’s 6.38% in 2017 and Gaston Defferre’s 5.01% in 1969.
“I want to send, on April 10, 2022, a Republican salute to the voters who gave me their support. I know how disappointed you are this evening and we will, of course, draw up all the balance sheets together objectively.declared the candidate at 8:02 p.m., in front of her supporters and media gathered at the Poinçon in Paris (14e). Despite the disappointment, no cry of astonishment sounded in the assistance of nearly a hundred people when the candidate’s score was announced, and for good reason: this bad score had been predicted for her for several months.
As Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will face each other at the polls for the second round, Anne Hidalgo has called on her voters to fight “the extreme right at the gates of power” by a “voice of responsibility”as Lionel Jospin did before her twenty years ago, and Benoît Hamon in 2017: “So that France does not fall into hatred of all against all, I call on you with seriousness to vote on April 24 against the far right of Marine Le Pen, using the Emmanuel Macron ballot. »
The candidate called on left-wing voters to support socialist candidates in the legislative elections, promising: “We will then work to rally the left (…) who did not know how to unite when it was necessary. » “Yes, we will be there and I will be there”to rebuild social democracy, promised the socialist candidate.
A breathless party
On this evening of defeat, for the supporters of Anne Hidalgo, the only reason to cultivate a meager contentment is to salute the tenacity of their candidate. In a difficult campaign for her from start to finish, they believe that she has “nothing dropped”, accepting with abnegation to carry on his name what promises to be the twilight of the PS of Epinay.
Declared candidate on September 12, 2021, the aedile of Paris had been officially invested by the PS in mid-October. Credited then with 4% to 7% in the polls, Anne Hidalgo has since never managed to get her campaign off the ground, despite countless attempts.
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