Overview

• Vallaud’s Unir current received 17.41% of first-round votes and will leave its members free to choose in the June 5 runoff between Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol.
• In the initial vote, incumbent Olivier Faure led with 42.21% and Rouen mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol followed with 40.38%, underscoring narrow margins.
• Vallaud says withholding a unified endorsement honors Unir’s diverse membership and is aimed at healing party divisions since Marseille 2023.
• Unir plans to propose a governance pact to the incoming first secretary that would open the national direction to all internal sensitivities and protect minority voices.
• The leadership outcome will influence the Socialist Party’s preparations for the 2026 municipal contests and its role in left-wing alliances for the 2027 presidential campaign.