We take the same and start again. The results of the consultation of the members of La France insoumise on the second round of the presidential election resemble those obtained in 2017, during the first opposition between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. The line does not change except for a few percentage points. Organized from April 13 at 10 a.m. to April 16 at 8 p.m., this consultation was open to all those who had sponsored Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s candidacy before April 10 at 8 p.m., when the results were announced. of the first round of the presidential election.
Thus, 81,051 people chose the blank or null vote, or 37.65%. They are 71,899, or 33.40%, to ensure slipping a ballot for Emmanuel Macron into the ballot box next Sunday. Finally, they are 62,342 (28.96%) consulted to choose abstention and to turn away from the ballot. Once again, the “ni-ni” dominates.
“The result of this consultation is not an instruction given to anyone. It indicates the assessments of the 215,292 people who took part. Everyone will conclude and vote in conscience, as they see fit.specifies the press release published this Sunday morning on the Mélenchon 2022 site. The choice for the RN candidate was not one of the possible answers.
In 2017, the results of the consultation of the 243,128 activists consulted at the time showed that 36.12% of them had decided to vote blank or null and 29.05% to abstain. On April 10, after the announcement of the results of the first round of the presidential election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon had hammered that“Mrs. Le Pen must not be given a single voice”.