A month and a half after the victory of Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election, the French are again called to the polls on June 12 and 19 next on the occasion of the legislative elections.
The 6293 candidates are now known, an average of about 11 candidates per constituency. A figure in sharp decline compared to 2017, of the order of 20%. In 2017, for the last legislative elections, 7877 candidates presented themselves. This year, the number of applicants has returned to almost the level of 2012 (6,603). This decline can be explained in particular by the alliance on the left within Nupes between LFI, EELV, PS and PCF, and by that of the presidential majority between LREM, MoDem and Horizons.
49 years old on average – The youngest contender is called Raphaëlle Rosa. She is 18 years old, passes the Bac and sets out to conquer the 8th district of Moselle. The candidate Les Républicains was not yet of age when she was invested by her party. Six other candidates were born like her in 2004 and are still students. The dean of this ballot is Monique Peltriaux. At 93, she is an ecologist candidate in the Ardennes. On average, the applicants are 49 years old, the average age of the candidates invested by the presidential majority and LR. The youngest are in Nupes (45), just ahead of Reconquest! (46 years old) and RN (48 years old). Those of the various extreme left are the oldest (55 years old). Finally, the youngest of the outgoing candidates is 29-year-old Victor Habert Dassault (LR). In 2021, he took over the chair from his uncle Olivier Dassault, who was tragically killed in a helicopter crash. He is a candidate for his own succession in the 1st district of Oise.
In 2017, a record 224 women were elected to the National Assembly, or 38.8% of the 577 deputies. After 40% in 2012, 42.4% in 2017, women will represent 44% of candidates in the next election. The palm of the majority goes to the UDI (51.3%) ahead of Nupes (50.9%), while the majority, the National Rally and Reconquest! invested between 48.2% and 49.4% in women.
In this landscape close to parity, Les Républicains are an exception: only 35.8% of women involved. This is less than in 2017 (39.1%).
Executives are the most represented socio-professional category among legislative candidates, particularly in the presidential majority and among Les Républicains. Conversely, workers are very poorly represented. A large number of candidates belong to intermediate professions, are employees of craftsmen, traders and entrepreneurs. Within the RN and at Reconquests! the latter are in the majority.
It should be noted that students who generally vote less than their elders are 208 to be candidates. Five years ago, they were 267 to be invested and 6 to reach the second round.
