Overview

• Approximately 40,000 members, the PS’s smallest electorate since 1945, voted across local sections to select one of three orientation texts for party leadership.
• Olivier Faure’s motion promotes a coalition of non-Mélenchon left forces, aiming for a joint presidential candidacy with figures from Place publique to ex-LFI circles.
• Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol champions a standalone social-democratic “GPS” party model and rejects any alliance with populist movements like La France Insoumise
• Boris Vallaud positions himself as a potential kingmaker with his “Unite” motion, focusing on internal reconciliation and ideological renewal.
• Party sections have deployed observers to safeguard vote integrity after past fraud allegations, setting the stage for a tightly contested June 5 second round.