Thomas Mesnier deputies (Horizons), Anne-Sophie Frigout (National Rally) and Bertrand Petit (Socialist Party) lose their sieges due to irregularities in very tight ballots.
MO12345LEMONDE
Three deputies lost their headquarters 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 elections. For these three constituencies, a new ballot must be organized within three months.
In the first district of Charente, Thomas Mesnier had won with 24 votes in advance in the second round on René Pilato (La France Insoumise), but the Constitutional Council notes that 27 votes were irregularly expressed, in particular because signature problems on the switching lists.
substitute poorly chosen
In the 2 e district of the Marne, the rebirth candidate Laure Miller had been eliminated in the first round due to an “administrative error” – 965 of her bulletins had canceled because they included a Mention prohibited – But the Constitutional Council considered that due to the low gap between the first three, “the absence of taking into account irregular bulletins had the effect of modifying the identity of qualified candidates for the second round, altering Thus the sincerity of the ballot “.
In a press release, the deputy RN Anne-Sophie Frigout “accepts this decision”, while stressing that it “is not questioned”, and promises “to continue to wage this fight to defend those who suffer of the disastrous policy of Emmanuel Macron “.
In the 8 e district of Pas-de-Calais finally, the deputy Bertrand Petit, who sits in the group Socialist Party, sees his election invalidated because of the choice of his substitute René Hocq: This was ineligible, because he is already the replacement for a senator.