2019 The Republicans (France) leadership election

2019 The Republicans leadership election

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Turnout	47.44% 4.98%
Nominee Christian Jacob Julien Aubert Guillaume Larrivé Party LR LR LR Popular vote 38,712 13,162 9,982 Percentage 62.58% 21.28% 16.14%
President before election Jean Leonetti (interim) Elected President Christian Jacob

A leadership election was held in 2019 for the Republicans. It was triggered by the resignation of Laurent Wauquiez and was won by Christian Jacob. ^[1]

Candidates

• Julien Aubert, member of the National Assembly for Vaucluse's 5th constituency ^[2]
• Christian Jacob, group president of The Republicans in the National Assembly and the member for Seine-et-Marne's 4th constituency ^[3]
• Guillaume Larrivé, member of the National Assembly for Yonne's 1st constituency ^[4]

Results

Candidate		First round
		Voice	%
	Christian Jacob	38,712	62.58
	Julien Aubert	13 162	21.28
	Guillaume Larrivee	9,982	16.14
Votes cast		61 856	99.13
Voters		62,401	47.44
Abstentions		69,113	52.56
Registered		131,514	100.00

References

1. "Démission de Laurent Wauquiez : et maintenant, qui pour diriger les Républicains ?". LCI (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-09.
2. "Le député Julien Aubert brigue la présidence des Républicains". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
3. "Christian Jacob annonce sa candidature à la tête du parti". RTL.fr (in French). 21 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
4. Galiero, Emmanuel (2019-06-28). "Guillaume Larrivé: "Je suis candidat" à la présidence LR". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-09.