Senatorial: Ségolène Royal fails to be elected – The HuffPost

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POLITICS – This is a dismal failure for the former presidential candidate. This Sunday, September 26, Ségolène Royal failed to be elected senator for the constituency of French people living outside France, attracting only 11 votes out of the 533 possible, according to almost final results brought to the attention of the HuffPost. A real disavowal for the one who was deputy, general counselor, regional president, minister on several occasions then ambassador of the poles.

The resounding defeat comes as the PS have publicly torn apart around his candidacy, the rose party preferring to invest Yan Chantrel (who was elected this Sunday) rather than the one who had joined Emmanuel Macron in 2017.

The Senate, which renews half of its seats every three years by indirect universal suffrage, had elections in September 2020 (which did not change much to the balances present). However, six seats had not been put into play due to the Covid-19: those of senators established outside France.

And in addition to the socialist candidate (who narrowly saved the seat of his party with 55 votes), were chosen by the great voters Senator LR Christophe-André Frassa (105 votes), Senator DVD Jean-Pierre Bansard (94 votes ) the macronist Sandra Cazebonne (86 votes), the centrist senator Olivier Cadic (80 votes) and the ecologist Mélanie Vogel (78 votes). Elections which are therefore marked by the gain of a seat for EELV and for LREM.

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