French 2007 legislative elections round 2 | 117 comments (117 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: French 2007 legislative elections round 2 (4.00 / 3)

Alain Carignon, former corrupt mayor of Grenoble, got trounced with 36% of the vote in a circonscription that used to vote right-wing... That's nice.

And in Paris, the leftwing deputies all got large majorities ; the only survivor in an endangered circonscription is Tiberi with 52% of the vote, which means the 5th arrondissement could go left in the communal elections.

Even the greens were able to get a 4th MP. (They look quite dumb now to have refused an alliance with the PS ; they could probably have gained a few seats.)

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 05:57:42 PM EST

Re: French 2007 legislative elections round 2 (4.00 / 2)

Carignon managed to take over the local UMP (via ballot stuffing, some say) and get himself nominated as the official UMP candidate in that traditionally right-wing district.

Other local UMP, including incumbent Richard Cazenave, were livid and even went as far as publicly calling for him to be defeated, implicitly endorsing challenger Genevieve Fioriso (PS).

Grenoblois are reputed for their irascibility and they apparently have long memories: when I arrived in Grenoble more than 10 years ago, "Mayor jailed!" was the main headline.

by Bernard (bernard) on Mon Jun 18th, 2007 at 01:42:04 AM EST
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I've looked at some of the suburb in the 1st district. It contains the posher parts of the suburbs (I Grenoble, unlike most cities, the wealthy live in the NorthEast ; because of the mountains it is where the sun sets latest)

Some of the towns like Meylan or Corenc, socilogical equivalent to the posh suburbs of the Hauts-De-Seine in Paris, used to go 65-35 to the right wing, yet this time voted 53-47 for the left wing. That's a 20 points turnaround.

The district was really built so that it would be possible to have a right wing deputy in left wing Grenoble, meshing a leftwing quarter of Grenoble with the most right wing parts of the suburbs.

I didn't know about Carignon's ballot stuffing rumors. Wouldn't amaze me.

About irascible Grenoblois, the 2004 cantonale was a fun election : the mairie was starting to build a football stadium in boboland, reducing green areas and teargassing protesters in the meantime. The result was a surprise election of a Green council member, not of a rightwing one...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Mon Jun 18th, 2007 at 05:18:06 AM EST
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French 2007 legislative elections round 2 | 117 comments (117 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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