Francois Ruffin (outgoing MP for 1st Constituency of the Somme), won the first round by receiving 40.09% of votes. Picard, a journalist, was elected to face Nathalie Ribeiro–Billet, a candidate for the National Rally. She came in second with 22.58%.
Francois Ruffin was elected deputy in 2017 with 55.97% vote. He defeated Nicolas Dumont, LREM candidate, in the second round. He ran as a candidate under “Picardie Debout” at the time, but was supported by France Ecologie-Les Verts, the Communist Party and France Insoumise. He joined the LFI group with Jean-Luc Melenchon at the National Assembly.
The journalist and director, who was a follower in the field’s actions, gained international fame five years later. This is mainly due to the release of several social documentaries that were appreciated by critics, including Merci Patron, a comedy about the relocations of Bernard Arnaud’s LVMH group, J’veux du soleil, which follows the Yellow Vests movement and Debout les femmes which focuses more on the workers involved in bond trades, and J’veux du soleil, which was a critique of Bernard Arnaud’s LVMH group.
Francois Ruffin, a candidate under the New Popular Ecological and Social Union banner (Nupes), is running for these legislative elections.
Popular support for Nathalie Ribeiro – Billet’s re-election on June 19th is given to the Fakir newspaper creator.
