The dissident socialist Martine Froger won the partial legislative election on Sunday opposing her in Ariège to the outgoing deputy Nupes / LFI Bénédicte Taurine. The first constituency of Ariège had become on the occasion of this election a stake in the war of the left.
The dissident socialist Martine Froger won the partial legislative election on Sunday opposing her in Ariège to the outgoing deputy Nupes / LFI Bénédicte Taurine, we learned on Sunday from the prefecture. Martine Froger, 61, supported by the PS president of the Occitanie region, Carole Delga, and the number 2 of the party, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, won 11,758 votes (or 60.19% of the vote) against the outgoing Bénédicte Taurine, 46-year-old rebellious candidate officially supported by the left union (LFI, EELV, PS and PCF) who obtained 7,776 (39.81% of the vote).
A stake in the war of the left
In the first round, Bénédicte Taurine came first with 31.18% of the vote while Martine Froger took second place with 26.42% of the vote. The first constituency of Ariège had become on the occasion of this election a stake in the war of the left between the first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure, who supported the insubordinate under the Nupes agreement, and the number 2 Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, defender of the dissident.