Overview

• Turnout fell to roughly 24% of about 74,000 registered voters in Paris’s 2nd constituency.
• The victory restores a Paris seat to Les Républicains, making Michel Barnier the party’s only deputy from the capital.
• The by-election followed the annulment of macronist deputy Jean Laussucq’s 2024 win over irregularities in his campaign accounts.
• Barnier says he will push to revive a bill extending detention for convicted foreigners deemed dangerous and will convene experts to examine the state’s future role.
• Campaign tensions included a defamation complaint by Frédérique Bredin over misleading posters and an earlier threatened dissident run by Rachida Dati before LR ratified Barnier’s candidacy.