LR Marie-Christine Dalloz widely in the lead in the Jura-Liberation

Marie-Christine Dalloz is about to recover her mandate as a deputy. After the cancellation of her election by the Constitutional Council in February, she came to the top of the partial legislative, Sunday, March 30, in the 2nd district of the Jura. The candidate Les Républicains collected 54.10 % of the votes, largely in front of the candidate of the National Rally, Gilles Guichon (22.76 %). The two will compete in the second round on April 6. The candidate of the new Popular Front, Evelyne Ternant, finished third with 16.06 % of the votes cast. It does not qualify, failing to have collected the voices of at least 12.5 % of the registered voters.

On February 13, the Constitutional Council had invalidated the election of Dalloz this summer, after an appeal filed by Ternant. In question, the ineligibility of the candidate national gathering Thierry Mosca, undergoing reinforced curatorshipwho was still maintained in the second round. « Validate an election even though the electoral code has not been respected, it would really be worsening the distrust of citizens vis-à-vis political institutions », castigated with The East Republican In October the NFP candidate who had already arrived third. She and Marie-Christine Dalloz had been interviewed by the Constitutional Council on February 11, before the « wise » returned their verdict. « This irregularity must be regarded as having infringed the sincerity of the ballot », had estimated the body.