Ellu campaign tense in Montluçon. Right and left tore, there were some stinky balls between the lists and sometimes quite hard words. The containment did not really appease the spirits and the campaign for the second round was once again marked by muscular exchanges, particularly between the two lists on the right.
The succession of Daniel Dugléry remains a thorny subject. Frédéric Laporte won the municipal majority vote with one voice before Joseph Roudillon in December 2017. He ruled the city with a majority which imploded to lead to two competing right-wing lists in this election. Frédéric Laporte won the first round (27.03%) ahead of Joseph Roudillon (21.22%) but not the final battle. The lists of the two men finished in the first two places in the first round, an alliance would have enabled them to be assured that the town hall remains on the right, but impossible to join for the second round. Joseph Roudillon explains: “Our right is not the right of Mr. Laporte which is a right supported by Mr. Wauquiez”.
Who will know how to assemble their camp?
Therefore, the left retains hope of tipping Montluçon, 19 years after its conquest by Daniel Dugléry. The diverse left Frédéric Kott is slightly behind (19.51%) but not so far in terms of voice. A delay that he hopes to make up for: “There is a differential of 30% of participation between the working-class districts and the districts where Messrs Roudillon and Laporte made their best scores”. Again, no alliance with the other miscellaneous list on the left (15.36%). For Sylvie Sartirano, the head of the list, “You have to have common anchors, there is none and Montluçon from Tomorrow is there in the race and is maintained.”
Everything will depend on the mobilization capacity of left voters to put aside the divisions since there were three other lists on the left in the first round. First, the official list of the PS (which excluded Frédéric Kott) led by Mathieu Bogros and who made a flop (4.21%) in the first round. Plus two lists classified on the far left, that of Stéphanie Charret (6.64%) and the Lutte Ouvrière list of Jean-François Reul (1.72%). Finally, what will LREM voters Jean-François Jarrige, who did not find available political space (4.27%) in Montluçon?
It’s good that there are four lists, it’s the democratic game – Frédéric Laporte
A multiplicity of proposals appreciated by the outgoing mayor. For Frédéric Laporte, “it is a good thing that there are four lists, it is the democratic game”. The carry of votes will be essential to choose the winner, as well as the participation. It had been very low in the first round (38.14%). It was impossible to know whether it had penalized one side more than the other, but fears for health and the fragmentation of the local political chessboard had not helped voters to rush to the polls.
Difficult to predict on which side will be the dynamics of this second round, the one who will be able to assemble his camp and conquer the town hall of Montluçon.
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