The anti-fascist activist, listed as S, candidate beneath the banner of the New Widespread Entrance, gained towards the far proper within the second spherical of the legislative elections.
He was one of many candidacies that triggered controversy throughout the early legislative election marketing campaign. Raphaël Arnault was, regardless of criticism, elected deputy within the 1st constituency of Vaucluse this Sunday, July 7. The rebellious candidate of the New Widespread Entrance got here forward of Catherine Jaouen of the Nationwide Rally.
“Pals… We did it. […] “Anti-fascism within the Meeting,” he declared on X, giving an preliminary rating that also requires time to confirm.
The activist thus managed to reverse the pattern after ending behind the far-right consultant (34.62%) within the first spherical with 24.76% of the vote. The third, Philippe Pascal (18.27%), a candidate supported by native left-wing forces, had known as for a vote for Raphaël Arnault to “beat the RN”.
This spokesperson for the anti-fascist motion La Jeune Garde had triggered controversy after revelations that he was on the S checklist.
A constituency gained by the RN in 2022
Within the 2022 election, the far proper gained this constituency, with Joris Hébrard (RN) taking the higher hand within the second spherical over the Nupes candidate, the rebellious Farid Faryssy, with 51.16% of the vote towards 48.84% for his opponent.
As a reminder, throughout the European elections of June 9, Jordan Bardella’s Nationwide Rally checklist got here out on high on this constituency with 31.12% of the vote, forward of Manon Aubry’s La France Insoumise checklist (19.43%) and Raphaël Glucksmann’s PS-Place publique checklist (13.05%).
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