- Anne Hidalgo leads the capital with 30% of the vote.
- Rachida Dati (22%) and Agnès Buzyn (18%) are clearly behind.
- To win, the mayor will however have to make an alliance with the environmentalist David Belliard, and also hopes to rally Cédric Villani.
A comfortable advance. Outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo (PS), candidate for her own succession, leads the first round of municipal elections in Paris. According to the first results, it obtains 30% of the votes. Behind her are Rachida Dati (LR) at 22% and Agnès Buzyn (LREM) at 18%. The EELV candidate, David Belliard comes in fourth position with 11% of the votes, Cédric Villani obtains 7% and Danielle Simonnet (LFI) collects 5%. Serge Federbusch (RN) and Marcel Campion led the way with 1% and 0.4% respectively. Duel to four, advance of Hidalgo and bankruptcy of Villani… 20 Minutes returns to this very special electoral evening marked by the uncertain holding of a second round.
A comfortable but sufficient advance for Anne Hidalgo?
"This Sunday, in these extraordinary circumstances, you made the choice to trust me". Shortly before 10 p.m., Anne Hidalgo speaks from her HQ located on Boulevard de Sébastopol (4th arrondissement). "Thank you for choosing this route for the first round," she continues after greeting the Parisians "who moved in numbers" and all those who mobilized to hold the polling stations throughout of the day.
If the outgoing mayor leads the results, she knows - like all the other candidates - Paris cannot be won alone. She thus called on "environmentalists, progressives, humanists" to join her. A hand more than extended to David Belliard but also to Cédric Villani. A sort of grand climate coalition - initially wanted by the Greens - of which Anne Hidalgo would take the lead and which could allow her the final victory. "United, we will be able to face the coming crises and especially the one we are going through," she concluded.
A duel has four for which alliances?
Despite favorable polls in recent months, Rachida Dati is not achieving the expected breakthrough. Above all, she does not seem to have a sufficient reserve of votes to win. "I call all those who want change to join me by listening only to themselves and keeping in mind that they are the only owners of their vote," she hammered in the evening by calling at the "gathering".
On the side of La République en Marche, Agnès Buzyn who had replaced Benjamin Griveaux in disaster, ultimately fails to break through. The party of the presidential majority is not necessary in any district of the capital. So can it turn things around? Negotiations and alliances by district could very quickly start with Les Républicains, in particular.
Fourth candidate of this equation, David Belliard, has already warned that he will not negotiate immediately with the outgoing mayor, given the health situation. “The conditions for holding the second round with complete peace of mind will not be met. I therefore call on the authorities to postpone it. Everyone's health must be our compass, ”he said in a quick address.
After the fall, what future for Cédric Villani?
The mathematician who left early in dissidence with LREM did not realize his bet either. But who will he rally? He, who displayed his "freedom" for months. "Tonight, I will bring together all of my list leaders to discuss with them the follow-up that must be given to our action, to our commitment to this campaign around the values of progress and ecology," he said. on France 3 Ile-de-France. In any case, he did not indicate whether he would seek an agreement with Anne Hidalgo or Agnès Buzyn.
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