2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election
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A by-election was held in Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency on 11 March 2018, with a second round on 18 March as no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was prompted after the Constitutional Council invalidated the election of Joël Aviragnet, candidate of the Socialist Party (PS), in the June 2017 legislative elections on 18 December 2017.
Aviragnet was re-elected by a massive margin in the second round rematch against Montsarrat, securing over 70% of valid votes and winning by a margin 40 points larger than in June 2017.
Background
Following the second round of the
On 18 December, the constitutional council annulled the election of Aviragnet, considering the irregularities listed by Montserrat to have affected 4 votes given differences in signatures indicating that votes were not given by the voter in question, 1 vote in Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges and 10 votes in Montastruc-de-Salies given discrepancies between the number of ballots and signatures, and 64 votes in the only polling station in Gensac-de-Boulogne where article L. 68 of the electoral code, requiring the registration lists of every polling station and associated documents be transmitted along with the record of voting operations after the completion of voting, was not respected. Given these issues, and the small number of votes separating the two candidates, the constitutional council judged it appropriate to annul the result and call a by-election within the constituency.[2] The first and second rounds of the by-election are scheduled for 11 and 18 March 2018,[3] with candidacies to submitted between 12 and 16 February.[4]
Polling stations throughout the constituency will be open from 8:00 to 18:00 CET, with those in Saint-Gaudens open until 19:00 CET.[5]
Candidates and campaign
Philippe Gimenez, a financial comptroller,[6] also returned to the field with the investiture of La France Insoumise.[28] On 15 February, deputy François Ruffin toured the constituency in support of Gimenez,[29] followed by a public meeting with Jean-Luc Mélenchon on 21 February,[30] which was attended by nearly a thousand people.[31] On 2 March, Liêm Hoang-Ngoc attended two public meetings with Gimenez, was joined by Clémentine Autain on 3 March, and followed by Caroline Fiat on 4 March.[32] Deputy Alexis Corbière then visited on 6 and 7 March to campaign in support of Gimenez.[22]
The selection of a candidate of
The
Corinne Marquerie, a retired educator,
The campaign centered around the themes of rurality and agriculture in the Comminges region, the preservation of public services (including the threatened closure of the court in Saint-Gaudens, and issues of transport, access to digital and medical services, and housing. Candidates also discussed the reopening of the Montréjeau–Luchon railway line, restoration of ski stations (including the planned restoration of the Luchon gondola), and installation of telephone towers in isolated municipalities.[6]
Before the first round, Gimenez proposed a public debate against Montsarrat; though the latter suggested that it was "healthy to debate", he postponed making a decision until after returning from the
2017 election result
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Michel Montsarrat | LREM
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14,541 | 33.40 | 17,179 | 49.87 | |
Joël Aviragnet | PS | 7,739 | 17.78 | 17,270 | 50.13 | |
Marie-Christine Parolin | FN
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6,630 | 15.23 | |||
Philippe Gimenez | LFI | 6,142 | 14.11 | |||
Jean-Luc Rivière | UDI | 3,802 | 8.73 | |||
Corinne Marquerie | PCF | 1,346 | 3.09 | |||
Sophie Handschutter | EELV
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1,220 | 2.80 | |||
Laure Gonzalez | DLF | 616 | 1.41 | |||
David Labarre | R!
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510 | 1.17 | |||
Jérôme Piques | PNO | 345 | 0.79 | |||
Martine Guiraud | LO | 293 | 0.67 | |||
Kévin Redondo | UPR | 278 | 0.64 | |||
Véronique Miralles | AEI | 73 | 0.17 | |||
Votes | 43,535 | 100.00 | 34,449 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 43,535 | 96.59 | 34,449 | 85.41 | ||
Blank votes | 1,030 | 2.29 | 3,671 | 9.10 | ||
Null votes | 509 | 1.13 | 2,212 | 5.48 | ||
Turnout | 45,074 | 52.76 | 40,332 | 47.21 | ||
Abstentions | 40,358 | 47.24 | 45,094 | 52.79 | ||
Registered voters | 85,432 | 85,426 | ||||
Source: Ministry of the Interior, political parties |
2018 by-election result
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||||
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Votes | % | +/– | Votes | % | +/– | |||
Joël Aviragnet | PS | 10,777 | 38.74 | +20.96 | 17,156 | 70.30 | +20.17 | |
Michel Montsarrat | LREM
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5,651 | 20.31 | –13.09 | 7,247 | 29.70 | –20.17 | |
Philippe Gimenez | LFI | 3,623 | 13.02 | –1.08 | ||||
Marie-Christine Parolin | FN
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3,264 | 11.73 | –3.50 | ||||
Philippe Maurin | LR | 1,374 | 4.94 | –3.79 | ||||
Marie-Cécile Seigle-Vatte | EELV
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878 | 3.16 | +0.35 | ||||
Corinne Marquerie | PCF | 733 | 2.63 | –0.46 | ||||
Sébastien Broucke | DLF | 706 | 2.54 | +1.12 | ||||
Hervé Minec | UPR | 297 | 1.07 | +0.43 | ||||
Guy Jovelin | 270 | 0.97 | +0.97 | |||||
Martine Guiraud | LO | 244 | 0.88 | +0.20 | ||||
Francis Meynier | DIV
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2 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||
Votes | 27,819 | 100.00 | – | 24,403 | 100.00 | – | ||
Valid votes | 27,819 | 94.82 | –1.76 | 24,403 | 86.54 | +1.13 | ||
Blank votes | 1,518 | 5.28 | +1.76 | 2,000 | 7.09 | –2.01 | ||
Null votes | 1,794 | 6.36 | +0.88 | |||||
Turnout | 29,337 | 34.41 | –18.35 | 28,197 | 33.08 | –14.13 | ||
Abstentions | 55,916 | 65.59 | +18.35 | 57,032 | 66.92 | +14.13 | ||
Registered voters | 85,253 | 85,229 | ||||||
Source (1st round): Préfecture de la Haute-Garonne, Ministère de l'Intérieur Second round: Préfecture de la Haute-Garonne, Ministère de l'Intérieur |
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