It is perhaps the political formation that pays the heaviest price for the political upheaval of the second round of municipal elections. The UDI, the party of the deputy and ex-mayor of Drancy Jean-Christophe Lagarde, certainly wins Aubervilliers, but loses four municipalities: Le Bourget, Noisy-le-Sec, Saint-Ouen and Bobigny.
But the centrist boss prefers first to highlight the “historic victory” of Karine Franclet in Aubervilliers. “With 43%, she puts her first pursuer at 12 points”, welcomes Jean-Christophe Lagarde. He remembers “the candidate’s first meetings where there were forty people, then the campaign launch in front of… 300 spectators! “
In Aubervilliers, “a question of nobody”
Karine Franclet’s victory was, according to him, “not a question of the left or the right”. “The voters of 93, like elsewhere, they do not care to know the color of your label! They want their streets to be cleaned, that we do not pay too much tax, and that the schools be good, ”analyzes the MP bluntly.
For the one who was mayor of Drancy until 2018, this election proved that the municipal elections are “above all a question of person, man and woman”. And this is undoubtedly what caused concern in Bobigny and Saint-Ouen, two UDI town halls fallen to the left.
“In Bobigny, Stéphane de Paoli, the outgoing mayor, did not want to stand again. Is. Christian Bartholmé, his first deputy, then had to make up for a significant notoriety deficit against Abdel Sadi, who is well known in the city. It was complicated, ”said Jean-Christophe Lagarde.
In Saint-Ouen, Delannoy pays “his very strong character”
Lack of notoriety perhaps also at Le Bourget for Yannick Hoppe, who had been installed during his mandate by the senator-mayor Vincent Capo-Canellas, law on the non-accumulation of mandates requires. “We do not succeed like that to a senator as appreciated as Vincent, it is a real challenge”, is content to comment Lagarde. Which recalls that the winner, Jean-Baptiste Borsali, “comes from the same political family” as the deposed aedile.
And in Saint-Ouen, William Delannoy undoubtedly paid for “his very strong character”. “But he did a great job, the city has changed, still greets the deputy. It is gold that the PS has in its hands, we must not waste! “
In Bondy, the LR candidate Stephen Hervé, who won the city by 64 votes in front of the mayor PS Sylvine Thomassin, benefited from the support of the UDI. “Not only did the candidate have a nice, clean campaign, but the inhabitants said they were fed up with the Thomassin gang”, tackle Jean-Christophe Lagarde, who refers to complaints filed against the city councilor and some relatives, accused of embezzlement of public funds, a case revealed just before the second round.
The LR surprise in Neuilly-sur-Marne
For the Republicans, the second round offered less turnaround, since many of the mayors were ironed in the first round. But the evening turned out to be “very interesting”, in the opinion of Philippe Dallier, president of the LR 93 federation.
