Legislative results: Rachel Keke wins in Val-de-Marne, facing the former Minister of Sports…

Rachel Keke, a 48-year-old chambermaid, was elected in the 7th constituency of Val-de-Marne.La Nupes announces the entry of Rachel Keke into the National Assembly in the 7th constituency of Val-de-Marne , at the end of the second round of legislative elections. She wins 50.30% against the former Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu who won 49.70% of the vote. In the end, 177 votes separate the two candidates. Rachel Keke, 48, was one of the key figures in this campaign. Chambermaid by profession, she had led a fight for 22 months with her colleagues at the Ibis Batignolles hotel, to obtain higher wages and improved working conditions. An action that had caught the eye of La France Insoumise , who decided to invest her and make her a candidate for the alliance of left-wing parties, Nupes. After the first round, interviewed by BFMTV, she said she wanted to “represent the voice of the voiceless” in the National Assembly.”Republican Front”In front of her, Roxana Maracineanu, a former swimmer, presented her name for the first time. at the polls. The former Minister of Sports, who entered politics under the presidential banner, has drawn the wrath of the candidates of the united left after having declared that he wanted to oppose a “republican front” to Rachel Keke on France Info, referring back to back the Nupes and the far right. “I have always fought the extremes, she added. I therefore call on all those who do not want the radical left to join me.” A statement widely criticized by the Nupes, in view of Rachel Keke’s career. In the first round, Rachel Keke had beaten Roxana Maracineanu by more than 4,000 votes. The Nupes candidate gathered 37.22% of the vote, against 23.77% for the representative of Ensemble. In 2017, La République en Marche won the constituency under the leadership of Jean-Jacques Bridey. The latter was elected with 52.70% of the vote, ahead of Vincent Jeanbrun, Les Républicains candidate who came in third place this year. Jean-Jacques Bridey has decided not to stand again for health reasons.Florian Bouhot Journalist BFM Régions