Election results of Cabinet Ministers during the 2022 French legislative election
This is a regrouping of the election results for cabinet ministers during the 2022 French legislative election.
Context
On 20 May 2022, President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne composed a government of 27 members. The Élysée announced in stride that all ministers which presented themselves in the legislative elections on 12–19 June 2022 would have to resign from their posts if they were not elected.[1] 15 members of government are candidates include the Prime Minister, who is a candidate for the first time in Calvados's 6th constituency.
Non-candidate ministers
Ministers who did not present themselves during the election included:
- Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
- Catherine Colonna, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs
- Éric Dupond-Moretti, Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals
- Pap Ndiaye, Minister of National Education and Youth
- Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces
- Sylvie Retailleau, Minister of Higher Education and Research
- Rima Abdul-Malak, Minister of Culture
- Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister of Ecological Transition
- Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Minister of Sports and the Olympics and Paralympic Games
- Isabelle Lonvis-Rome, Minister Delegated for Equality between Women and Men, Diversity and Equal Opportunities
- Christophe Béchu, Secretary of State in charge of Territorial Development
- Charlotte Caubel, Secretary of State for Children
- Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Secretary of State for Development, La Francophonie and International Partnerships
Results
First round
Following the first round of voting on 12 June 2022, none of the candidates were elected or eliminated. Three ministers arrived in the second position of their respective constituencies and therefor entered the second round in an unfavourable position, they were: Clément Beaune, Stanislas Guerini and Amélie de Montchalin.[2] The minister which obtained the best result was Gabriel Attal, with 48.06% of the vote.
Second round
During the second round, Justine Benin was beaten in Guadeloupe's 2nd constituency by the NUPES candidate, Christian Baptiste (58.65% versus 41.35%), Brigitte Bourguignon was beaten by 56 votes in the Pas-de-Calais's 6th constituency by the RN candidate, Christine Engrand (50.06% versus 49.94%),[3] and Amélie de Montchalin was beaten in Essonne's 6th constituency by the NUPES candidate, Jérôme Guedj, deputy of the slingers faction of the PS between 2012 and 2014 and losing candidate in the 2017 legislative elections (53.36% versus 46.63%).[4] It is the first time since the defeat of Alain Juppé in 2007 that ministers in office lost a legislative election. According to the rule decreed by the Élysée, they are all required to resign their government portfolios.[2]
Detailed table
Portrait | Government function | Name | Party | Constituency | Results | Status | |||
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1st round | 2nd round | Final result | Ref. | ||||||
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Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne | LREM TdP |
Calvados's 6th constituency First-time candidate in the constituency |
34.32% | 52.46% | Elected in the second round | [5] | |
Ministers | |||||||||
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Minister of the Interior | Gérald Darmanin | LREM | Nord's 10th constituency Elected in 2012 |
39.08% | 57.52% | Elected in the second round | [6] | |
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Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohension | Amélie de Montchalin | LREM | Essonne's 6th constituency Elected in 2017 |
31.46% | 46.63% | Defeated in the second round | [7] | |
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Minister of Health and Prevention | Brigitte Bourguignon | LREM TdP |
Pas-de-Calais's 6th constituency Elected in 2012, 2017, and 2021 |
32.10% | 49.94% | Defeated in the second round | [8] | |
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Minister of Labour, Full Employment and Integration | Olivier Dussopt | TdP | Ardèche's 2nd constituency Elected in 2007, 2012, and 2017 |
30.04% | 58.86% | Elected in the second round | [9] | |
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Minister of Solidarity, Autonomy and People with Disabilities | Damien Abad | DVD | Ain's 5th constituency Elected in 2012 and 2017 |
33.38% | 57.86% | Elected in the second round | [10] | |
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Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty | Marc Fesneau | MoDem | Loir-et-Cher's 1st constituency Elected in 2017 |
31.97% | 56.47% | Elected in the second round | [11] | |
Minister of Transformation and Public Service | Stanislas Guerini | LREM | Paris's 3rd constituency Elected in 2017 |
32.50% | 51.00% | Elected in the second round | [12] | ||
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Minister of the Overseas | Yaël Braun-Pivet | LREM | Yvelines's 5th constituency Elected in 2017 |
36.59% | 64.62% | Elected in the second round | [13] | |
Minister Delegate | |||||||||
Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament and Democratic Life | Olivier Véran | LREM TdP |
Isère's 1st constituency Elected in 2017 |
40.50% | 55.53% | Elected in the second round | [14] | ||
Minister in charge of the Budget | Gabriel Attal | LREM | Hauts-de-Seine's 10th constituency Elected in 2017 |
48.06% | 59.85% | Elected in the second round | [15] | ||
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Minister Delegate in charge of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness | Franck Riester | Agir | Seine-et-Marne's 5th constituency Elected in 2007, 2012, and 2017 |
29.27% | 53.21% | Elected in the second round | [16] | |
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Minister Delegate in charge of Europe | Clément Beaune | LREM TdP |
Paris's 7th constituency First-time candidate in the constituency |
35.81% | 50.73% | Elected in the second round | [17] | |
Secretaries of State | |||||||||
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Secretary of State, Government Spokesperson | Olivia Grégoire | LREM | Paris's 12th constituency Elected in 2017 |
39.51% | 68.51% | Elected in the second round | [18] | |
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Secretary of State in Charge of the Sea | Justine Benin | DVC | Guadeloupe's 2nd constituency Elected in 2017 |
31.31% | 41.35% | Defeated in the second round | [19] |
See also
References
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