the Minister of Health Stéphanie Rist wins in opposition to the RN regardless of a robust abstention | EUROtoday

The Minister of Health, Stéphanie Rist, gained on Sunday January 25, the second spherical of the partial legislative election organized within the 1^period constituency of Loiret, going through the candidate of the National Rally, on the finish of a vote marked by a really sturdy abstention. Stéphanie Rist, member of Renaissance, collected 62.1% of the votes forged, forward of Tiffanie Rabault (37.9%), in line with figures from the Loiret prefecture.

The second spherical of voting, brought on by the refusal of M’s substitute^me Rist to interchange her within the National Assembly, remained marked by a robust abstention (69.6%), already very excessive final Sunday (70.6%).

Thanks to this victory, Stéphanie Rist ought to retain her place as minister which she has held since October 12. Conversely, she had promised to resign from the federal government within the occasion of defeat. Stéphanie Rist will go away her place within the hemicycle to a brand new substitute, Marie-Philippe Lubet, Horizons mayor of the commune of Saint-Denis-en-Val.

Elected for the primary time in 2017, M^me Rist, a rheumatologist by occupation, has turn into a determine of macronism within the Loiret. Former rapporteur of the Social Security finances within the Assembly, she has notably confronted the strike of personal docs in current weeks. She gained 33.9% of the votes forged within the first spherical, forward of RN candidate Tiffanie Rabault (27.2%) and the candidate of the left and environmentalists, Ghislaine Kounowski (27.1%).

Tiffanie Rabault, certified final Sunday with solely eleven votes greater than M^me Kounowski, had already been defeated by M^me Rist within the second spherical of the final legislative elections in July 2024. Stéphanie Rist then got here in first because of a lead of 69 votes over M^me Kounowski, earlier than being elected because of the latter’s withdrawal to dam the National Rally.

She then beat Tiffanie Rabault within the second spherical, acquiring 67.7% of the votes in opposition to 32.3% for her opponent.