Three legislative elections canceled by the Constitutional Council

Three deputies lost their seats on Friday, December 2. The Constitutional Council invalidated the elections in June of three elected officials, Thomas Mesnier (Horizons), Anne-Sophie Frigout (National Rally) and Bertrand Petit (Socialist Party) due to irregularities in very tight ballots. For these three constituencies, a new election must be organized within three months.

In the first constituency of Charente, Thomas Mesnier won with a 24-vote lead in the second round over René Pilato (La France insoumise), but the Constitutional Council notes that 27 votes were irregularly cast, in particular due to problems of signatures on attendance lists.

Badly chosen substitute

In the 2e Marne constituency, Renaissance candidate Laure Miller was eliminated in the first round due to a “administrative error” – 965 of its ballots had been canceled because they included a prohibited mention – but the Constitutional Council estimated that due to the small difference between the first three, “the failure to take into account the irregular ballots had the effect of modifying the identity of the candidates qualified for the second round, thus altering the sincerity of the ballot”.

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In a statement, MP RN Anne-Sophie Frigout “accept this decision”while emphasizing that it “is not questioned”and promises “to continue to fight this fight to defend those who suffer from the disastrous policy of Emmanuel Macron”.

In the 8e Finally, the constituency of Pas-de-Calais, the deputy Bertrand Petit, who sits in the Socialist Party group, sees his election invalidated because of the choice of his substitute René Hocq: he was ineligible, because he is already the replacement for a senator.

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