Europe 1 with AFP 2:47 p.m., December 2, 2021, modified at 2:57 p.m., December 2, 2021
The quaestor of the National Assembly, Eric Ciotti, obtains 25.59% of the votes and is ahead of Valérie Pécresse, 25% of the votes.
Both are qualified for the second round which starts on Friday 8 am.
Xavier Bertrand finished in fourth place with 22.36% of the votes of LR members.
Eric Ciotti and Valérie Pécresse qualified for the second round of the LR congress responsible for investing the right-wing presidential candidate, party president Christian Jacob announced on Thursday.
The deputy of the Maritime Alps collected 25.59% of the votes, and the president of Ile-de-France 25% in the first round of the ballot, against 23.93% for Michel Barnier, 22.36% for Xavier Bertrand and 3.13% to Philippe Juvin.
After a second round on Friday and Saturday, the name of the candidate will be announced on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
A few minutes after the announcement of the results, Xavier Bertrand called on his Twitter account to vote for Valérie Pécresse
I thank the members @lesRepublicains who trusted me.
For the second round I will vote @vpecresse and call for the rally behind her.
# CongressLR
- Xavier Bertrand (@xavierbertrand) December 2, 2021
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