Alexandre Chauveau with AFP
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7:45 p.m., December 04, 2022
Éric Ciotti and Bruno Retailleau are qualified for the second round of the elections for the presidency of the Republicans. The deputy of the Alpes-maritimes collected 42.73% of the votes against 34.45% for the boss of the senators LR Bruno Retailleau. Aurélien Pradié, he will not have succeeded in passing the first round, with only 22.29% of the votes.
Éric Ciotti, holding a right-wing line, and Bruno Retailleau, representing the conservative and liberal wing of the party, qualified on Sunday for the second round of the election of the president of the Republicans, announced Sunday the interim president of the party. Annie Genevard. The deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes Éric Ciotti collected 42.73% of the votes against 34.45% for the boss of the senators LR Bruno Retailleau. The Lot deputy Aurélien Pradié came third with 22.29% of the vote. Participation reached 72.67%, and the second round will take place next weekend.
Objective now for the two candidates: to convince the voters of Aurélien Pradié, who collected nearly 15,000 votes. “I also want to thank Aurélien Pradié who ran a very good campaign, focused on renewal, on young people. Aspirations that we will of course have to hear at the head of our political family”, explained during his speech a few minutes after the announcement of the results, Éric Ciotti.
“Personality Differences”
“As of this evening the competition is reopened,” said Ms. Genevard, welcoming this “remarkable” participation. In the second round “it will be more differences in personalities than line issues”, she assured.
By way of comparison, turnout reached 47% in 2019 in the first round of the election, which saw Christian Jacob take the presidency with 63% of the vote. In the first round of the 2021 primary, 81% of members had voted in the first round. The candidates had to go to the headquarters in the evening to make a statement.