A rejection of the liberal policies at the local and national level — 71 LCR candidates elected
Communiqué
Of 200 lists presented or supported by the LCR, 109 of them got more than 5% of the vote and 29 more than 10%. [in fact a bit more].
Among other examples :
* 17,59% in Aureilhan (Department 65),
* 15% in Quimperlé (29),
* Sotteville-Les-Rouen (76) it is 14,8%,
* 13,8% in Clermont-Ferrand (63),
* 10,4% in Louviers (27),
* 10,38% in Lormont (33).
71candidates were elected. Discussions are in hand, in several cities, for a technical fusion, without commitment for joint lists with the PS or PCF, in order to respect the democratic choice of the voters in the first round. Thus, to the left’s push is added a breakthrough of the lists supported by the LCR . They translate into a rejection of the liberal policies at the local and national level.
Bad housing, the privatization of public services, the scandal of the cost of water when management deals with privateers, the wage dscipline, the dismissals which fall into all the areas feed a mood of social resistance and policy which was translated on the electoral level into a vote for the lists supported by the LCR.
The rejection of the liberal policy by the population is such as it has constrained Sarkozy in the election campaign, which saw the lists of the parliamentary majority getting rid of the UMP initials, the best example being the town of Bordeaux.
These results are an encouragement for the social fights which will continue to develop. Thus, concerning the defense of the system of retirement, after the success of the demonstrations of March 6 organized by the confederal unions of pensioners, the demonstrations of March 29 will be an important appointment for those opposed to the lengthening duration of contributions.
March 10, 2008.
LCR - Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (Revolutionary Communist League) - French Section of the Fourth International
LCR statement after council elections
Strong rejection of Sarkozy
Breakthrough of the radical left
Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire
Preliminary results indicate a strong rejection of the lists supported by the government. This is a clear disavowal of the policy of reactionary Sarkozy.
As part of that breakthrough of the left, the lists supported by the LCR have recorded significant and encouraging scores. These results reflect the aspiration of the people in defence of pension schemes, higher minimum wages and against social inequality and redundancies. It is encouraging for the struggles ahead.
FIRST RESULTS AT 2am
16 COUNCILLORS ELECTED SO FAR
– Paris 9e arrondissement : Liste Gallot (LCR) : 2,39%
– Evry (Essonne) : Liste Couvidat (LCR) : 8,20% 1 elected
– Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine) : Liste Goudal (LCR) : 4,98%
– Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis) : Liste Sehili (LCR) : 4,71%
– Paris 14e arrondissement (Paris) : Liste Lagoutte (LCR) : 2,79%
– Lyon 1er arrondissement (Rhône) : Liste Divry (EXG) : 13,13% 1 elected
– Paris 15e arrondissement (Paris) : Liste Grimaldi (LCR) : 2,23%
– Pessac (Gironde) : Liste Ufferte (LCR) : 8,67% 2 elected
– Amiens : 6,43%
– Malakoff (Hauts-de-Seine) : Liste Havlicek (EXG) 3,41%
– Paris 11e arrondissement (Paris) : Liste Silhouette (LCR) : 4,83%
– Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) : Liste Fourage (LCR) : 3,74%
– Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne) : Liste Aberdam (LCR) : 7,75% 1 elected
– Paris 10e arrondissement (Paris) : Liste Pattieu (LCR) : 4,33%
– Montpellier : 5,84%
– Paris 5e arrondissement (Paris) : Liste Bournazel (LCR) : 2,38%
– Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain) : Liste Guenard-Gerbaud (LCR) : 3,49%
– Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d’Armor) : Liste Burlot (LCR) : 8,52%
– Rennes : LCR (4,99%)
– Le Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis) : Liste Bezzaouia (LCR) : 4,31%
– Rezé (Loire-Atlantique) : Liste Chauvin (LCR) : 9,99% 2 elected
– Fontenay-sous-Bois (Val-de-Marne) : Liste Alarcon (LCR) : 5,09% 1 elected
– Lille (Nord) : Liste Pauwels (LCR) : 3,95%
– Valenciennes (Nord) : Liste Wattel (LCR) : 4,75%
– Choisy-le-Roi (Val-de-Marne) : Liste Dameron (LCR) : 7,13%
– Bordeaux (Gironde) : Liste Bichindaritz (LCR) : 3,05%
– Henin-Beaumont : 4,25%
– Amiens (Somme) : Liste Dollé (LCR) : 6,43%
– Orléans (Loiret) : Liste Ruiz (LCR) : 3,72%
– Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) : Liste Charcosset (LCR) : 2,91%
– Beauvais (Oise) : Liste Souday (LCR) : 3,65%
– Reims : 3,33%
– Lyon 4e arrondissement (Rhône) : Liste Teste (EXG) : 8,23%
– Poitiers (Vienne) : Liste Desbourdes (LCR) : 6,24% 1 elected
– Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine) : Liste Chapa (LCR) : 6,95%
– Avignon (Vaucluse) : Liste Fortin-Payen (LCR) : 3,36%
– Colomiers (Haute-Garonne) : Liste Marty (LCR) : 6,27% 1 elected
– Reims (Marne) : Liste Perret (LCR) : 3,33%
– Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône) : Liste Leclerc (LCR) : 3,05%
– Bar-le-Duc (Meuse) : Liste Bart (LCR) : 9,88%
– Maisons-Alfort (Val-de-Marne) : Liste Traoré (LCR) : 4,19%
– La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) : Liste Vallée (LCR) : 3,21%
– Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) : Liste Cufi (LCR) : 5,02%
– Blois (Loir-et-Cher) : Liste Clément (LCR) : 6,04%
– Rouen (Seine-Maritime) : Liste Saillard (LCR) : 4,20%
– Limoges (Haute-Vienne) : Liste Clérembeaux (LCR) 6,99% 2 elected
– Sotteville-lès-Rouen (Seine-Maritime) : Liste Poupin (LCR) : 14,62% - 2 elected
– Bourges (Cher) : Liste Julien (LCR) : 5,66% 1 elected
– Rouen (Seine-Maritime) : Liste Saillard (LCR) : 4,20%
– Laval (Mayenne) : Liste Masraf (LCR) : 1,74%
– Metz (Moselle) : Liste Vincent-Falquet (LCR) : 2,87%
– Angers (Maine-et-Loire) : Liste Nivault (LCR) : 4,91%
– Quimper (Finistère) : Liste Carrasco (LCR) : 6,53%
– Anglet (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) : Liste Larrieu (LCR) : 5,91%
– Evreux (Eure) : Liste Perez (LCR) : 4,81%
– Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) : Liste Bambaggi (LCR) : 7,66%
– Foix (Ariège) : Liste Seel (LCR) 10,85% Ballottage
– Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) : Liste Schatz (LCR) : 5,72%
– Caen (Calvados) : Liste Moisan (LCR) : 3,74%
– Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) : Liste Leroux (LCR) : 2,31%
– Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) : Liste Mailfert (LCR) : 7,48%
– Angoulême (Charente) : Liste Deboeuf (LCR) : 3,43%
– Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées) : Liste Zueras (LCR) : 3,75%
– Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) : Liste Ruch (LCR) : 3,01%
– Brest (Finistère) : Liste Mandon (EXG) : 8,99%
– Alençon (Orne) : Liste Coulon (LCR) : 7,27% 1 elected
– Le Mans (Sarthe) : Liste Madelin (LCR) : 4,69%
– Grenoble (Isère) : Liste Kafaï (LCR) : 4,66%
– Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis) : Liste Soulignac (LCR) : 7,61%
– Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) : Liste Treppoz (LCR) : 3,80%
– Vitry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne) : Liste Galin (LCR) : 4,94%
– Paris 12e arrondissement (Paris) : Liste Perez (LCR) : 2,84%
– Paris 19e arrondissement (Paris) : Liste Guardiola (LCR) : 3,93%
– Toulon (Var) : Liste Laïdoudi (LCR) : 1,40%
– Tours (Indre-et-Loire) : Liste Puel (LCR) : 5,09%
– Paris 20e arrondissement (Paris) : Liste Duggan (LCR) : 4,92%
– Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique) : Liste Caillaud (LCR) : 7,73% 1 elected
– Paris 18e arrondissement (Paris) : Liste Leclerc (LCR) : 5,23%
– Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) : Liste Billard (LCR) : 6,51%
– Roubaix (Nord) : Liste Merlevède (LCR) : 5,37%
– Mérignac (Gironde) : Liste Minvielle (LCR) : 4,96%
– Montpellier (Hérault) : Liste Viguié (LCR) : 5,46%
– Créteil (Val-de-Marne) : Liste Bru (LCR) : 3,89%
– Chambéry (Savoie) : Liste Ripart (LCR) : 5,79% 1 elected
– Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) : Liste Martin (LCR) : 5,07 %
– Montreuil-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) : Liste Mailloux (LCR) : 6,29%
– Paris 13e arrondissement (Paris) : Liste Larchet (LCR) : 3,81%
– Calais (Pas-de-Calais) : Liste Roussel (LCR) : 4,79%
– Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) : Liste Decker (LCR) : 4,55%
– Argenteuil (Val-d’Oise) : Liste Slaouti (LCR) : 3,84%
– Cergy (Val-d’Oise) : Liste Jacquin (LCR) : 4,87%