Legislative: Secretary of State for the Sea Justine Benin beaten in Guadeloupe

Published on: 06/19/2022 – 09:10 Outgoing MP and member of the government, Justine Benin, was beaten in the second round of legislative elections in Guadeloupe while voters in Guyana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique sent to the Assembly national several deputies supported by Nupes. Justine Benin, outgoing MP who was playing her post as Secretary of State for the Sea during this second round of legislative elections, was beaten on Saturday June 18 in the second constituency of Guadeloupe. The only Macronist candidate in this overseas territory (41.35% of the vote) was overtaken by Christian Baptiste, candidate of Nupes, elected with 58.65% of the vote. In the first constituency, the outgoing deputy Olivier Serva, ex-LREM and supported by LFI for the second round, not without causing a stir within the party, was elected with 74.04%. He wants to create “an overseas group in the National Assembly” and “defend the reintegration of suspended caregivers”. In the third constituency, RN candidate Rody Tolassy failed to win a deputy mandate while c It was in the archipelago that Marine Le Pen won her best score (nearly 70%) in the second round of the presidential election. Outgoing MP Max Mathiasin (SE), who came second in the first round, finally won in this second round (52.12% of the vote). In the fourth constituency, without suspense, Elie Califer, supported by LFI , was elected with 100% of the votes cast. He was the only candidate in the running after the withdrawal of his opponent Marie-Luce Penchard. Martinique Jiovanny William, Marcellin Nadeau, and Johnny Hajjar, supported by LFI, will discover the benches of the National Assembly for the first time in their political career. They were elected respectively in the first (Centre), second (North) and third constituency (Fort-de-France) of Martinique. Jean-Philippe Nilor was elected for the third consecutive time in the fourth constituency (South). He largely beat his predecessor and former mentor Alfred Marie-Jeanne. despite having succeeded in qualifying its four candidates for the second round of the legislative elections. increase of 4 points compared to the first turn).GuyaneThe Guyanese voters chose the renewal. In the first constituency, which includes the Cayenne prefecture, it is Jean-Victor Castor who endorses the costume of deputy. An activist in the Movement for Decolonization and Social Emancipation (MDES), of which he is one of the co-founders, he is a fervent supporter of the statutory development of the territory. In the second constituency, Lénaïck Adam, who was supported by the presidential majority , was dislodged from his seat as deputy by Davy Rimane. The trade unionist, supported by LFI, won 54.12% of the votes cast. During the second round, abstention fell in both constituencies. Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-MartinFrantz Gumbs, the diverse-center candidate supported by the presidential majority Together!, was elected deputy. He won 67.21% of the votes cast, i.e. 3,921 votes. The participation rate was very low on the two islands, at 24.56%, almost two points less than in 2017 (26.11%).Saint-Pierre-et-MiquelonAfter a tight duel, the former president of the local authority (2017-2020) Stéphane Lenormand (AD, various right) was elected deputy for this territory in the single constituency, with 50.36% of the vote, against Olivier Gaston. Only 19 votes separate the two candidates and 186 invalid ballots were recorded. 53.45%) but below the 75.35% reached during the second round in 2017. With AFP