Marseille voted Emmanuel Macron with more than 59% of the vote
Marseille voted Emmanuel Macron for this second round of the 2022 presidential election. The outgoing president comes first with 59.84% of the vote, ahead of Marine Le Pen 40.16%. More than one in three voters has not moved in Marseille, abstention reached 35.35%.
Many eyes were on Marseille, to find out how the second city in France, which had placed Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the lead in the first round, was going to vote. The deputy of La France Insoumise came first in Marseille with 31.12% of the votes cast ahead of Emmanuel Macron 22.62% and Marine Le Pen 20.89%.
Macron wins in the northern districts, but with strong abstention
In the northern neighborhoods who had largely voted Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the first round, it is Emmanuel Macron who comes first, for example in the 16th arrondissement with 54.2% of the vote, in the 15th with 59.2% of the vote., 60, 06% in the 14th. The score is much tighter in the 13th with 50.53% for the outgoing president. It should be noted that many voters chose the party of abstention: 38.8% of voters in the 16th and even 48% in the 15th.
Emmanuel Macron also come first in the 4th (61.67%), the 5th (67.65%), the 7th (66.12%), the 8th (64.59%), the 9th (56.93%), the 12th (52.97%) and even 81.47% in the 1st arrondissement74.13% in the 6th arrondissement and 72.68% in the 2nd arrondissement for the outgoing president.
On the other hand, Marine Le Pen narrowly imposes itself in the 10th district with 50.12% of the votes and in the 11th arrondissement with 52.6% of the votes. Each time, abstention was also high in these two arrondissements: 35.3% in the 10th and 33.05% in the 11th.
Benoît Payan believes that “the worst has been stopped”
When these results were issued in Marseille, the PS mayor of the city Benoît Payan stated that “the worst has been stopped”. While addressing his congratulations to Emmanuel Macron, Benoît Payan wishes that “price into account the voice of all French people and in particular those who spoke in favor of it to block the National Rally“.
“We must collectively share this observation and act to restore trust between citizens and their representatives.“, says the mayor of Marseille for whom”the key to this project will be the overhaul of our institutional system in depth.”