Election results of Cabinet Ministers during the 2022 French legislative election

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This is a regrouping of the election results for cabinet ministers during the 2022 French legislative election.

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Context

On 20 May 2022, President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne composed a government of 27 members. The Élysée announced in stride that all ministers which presented themselves in the legislative elections on 12–19 June 2022 would have to resign from their posts if they were not elected. [1] 15 members of government are candidates include the Prime Minister, who is a candidate for the first time in Calvados's 6th constituency.

Non-candidate ministers

Ministers who did not present themselves during the election included:

Results

First round

Following the first round of voting on 12 June 2022, none of the candidates were elected or eliminated. Three ministers arrived in the second position of their respective constituencies and therefor entered the second round in an unfavourable position, they were: Clément Beaune, Stanislas Guerini and Amélie de Montchalin. [2] The minister which obtained the best result was Gabriel Attal, with 48.06% of the vote.

Second round

During the second round, Justine Benin was beaten in Guadeloupe's 2nd constituency by the NUPES candidate, Christian Baptiste (58.65% versus 41.35%), Brigitte Bourguignon was beaten by 56 votes in the Pas-de-Calais's 6th constituency by the RN candidate, Christine Engrand (50.06% versus 49.94%), [3] and Amélie de Montchalin was beaten in Essonne's 6th constituency by the NUPES candidate, Jérôme Guedj, deputy of the slingers faction of the PS between 2012 and 2014 and losing candidate in the 2017 legislative elections (53.36% versus 46.63%). [4] It was the first time since the defeat of Alain Juppé in 2007 that ministers in office lost a legislative election. According to the rule decreed by the Élysée, they were all required to resign their government portfolios. [2]

Detailed table

PortraitGovernment functionNamePartyConstituencyResultsStatus
1st round2nd roundFinal resultRef.
Informal meeting of energy and transport ministers (TTE). Arrivals, transport ministers Elisabeth Borne (37190062412) (cropped).jpg Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne LREM
TdP
Calvados's 6th constituency
First-time candidate in the constituency
34.32%52.46%Elected in the second round [5]
Ministers
Gerald Darmanin 2019 (cropped).jpg Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin LREM Nord's 10th constituency
Elected in 2012
39.08%57.52%Elected in the second round [6]
Amelie de Montchalin Ministre de la Transformation et de la Fonction publiques.jpg Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohension Amélie de Montchalin LREM Essonne's 6th constituency
Elected in 2017
31.46%46.63%Defeated in the second round [7]
Brigitte Bourguignon.jpg Minister of Health and Prevention Brigitte Bourguignon LREM
TdP
Pas-de-Calais's 6th constituency
Elected in 2012, 2017, and 2021
32.10%49.94%Defeated in the second round [8]
Olivier Dussopt (cropped).jpg Minister of Labour, Full Employment and Integration Olivier Dussopt TdP Ardèche's 2nd constituency
Elected in 2007, 2012, and 2017
30.04%58.86%Elected in the second round [9]
Damien Abad.jpg Minister of Solidarity, Autonomy and People with Disabilities Damien Abad DVD Ain's 5th constituency
Elected in 2012 and 2017
33.38%57.86%Elected in the second round [10]
Marc6 (4305629997).jpg Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Marc Fesneau MoDem Loir-et-Cher's 1st constituency
Elected in 2017
31.97%56.47%Elected in the second round [11]
Minister of Transformation and Public Service Stanislas Guerini LREM Paris's 3rd constituency
Elected in 2017
32.50%51.00%Elected in the second round [12]
Yael Braun-Pivet Banc des Commissions juillet 2017 (cropped).jpg Minister of the Overseas Yaël Braun-Pivet LREM Yvelines's 5th constituency
Elected in 2017
36.59%64.62%Elected in the second round [13]
Minister Delegate
Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament and Democratic Life Olivier Véran LREM
TdP
Isère's 1st constituency
Elected in 2017
40.50%55.53%Elected in the second round [14]
Minister in charge of the Budget Gabriel Attal LREM Hauts-de-Seine's 10th constituency
Elected in 2017
48.06%59.85%Elected in the second round [15]
Franck Riester 2019 (cropped).jpg Minister Delegate in charge of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness Franck Riester Agir Seine-et-Marne's 5th constituency
Elected in 2007, 2012, and 2017
29.27%53.21%Elected in the second round [16]
Clement Beaune.jpg Minister Delegate in charge of Europe Clément Beaune LREM
TdP
Paris's 7th constituency
First-time candidate in the constituency
35.81%50.73%Elected in the second round [17]
Secretaries of State
Olivia Gregoire 4.jpg Secretary of State, Government Spokesperson Olivia Grégoire LREM Paris's 12th constituency
Elected in 2017
39.51%68.51%Elected in the second round [18]
Justine Benin 02.jpg Secretary of State in Charge of the Sea Justine Benin DVC Guadeloupe's 2nd constituency
Elected in 2017
31.31%41.35%Defeated in the second round [19]

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