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Tarn-et-Garonne By-Election Runoff Pits PS Against UDR–RN as LR Split Deepens

National LR pressure to shun the left collides with local neutrality in a revealing test for the party.

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La participation est un enjeu important du second tour de scrutin.
Plusieurs formations politiques appellent à voter Cathie Bourdoncle… mais pas Les Républicains.
Dans le Tarn-et-Garonne, Bruno Retailleau a demandé à ce qu’aucune voix n’aille à la gauche.

Overview

  • The second round on Sunday, October 12, will oppose Socialist Cathie Bourdoncle and Pierre-Henri Carbonnel, the joint UDR–RN candidate.
  • Carbonnel led the first round with 29.40% ahead of Bourdoncle at 24.30%, making transfers and turnout decisive for the runoff.
  • A cross-party anti–far right push has formed for Bourdoncle, with public calls from Renaissance’s Catherine Simonin-Bénazet, Démocrates & progressistes, the PCF, and an extreme-left alliance to block the RN-backed contender.
  • LR’s national figures have urged votes against the left—Bruno Retailleau said “pas une voix à la gauche,” and vice president Julien Aubert said he would back Carbonnel—positions welcomed by UDR leader Éric Ciotti.
  • Local LR voices, including first-round candidate Bernard Pécou and departmental secretary Mathieu Albugues, told supporters to vote by conscience, in a race triggered by Brigitte Barèges’s July ineligibility for illegal campaign financing.