2009 Hénin-Beaumont mayoral by-election

Special election in Hénin-Beaumont October 2020 France By-Election No French municipal elections, 2008 2008 28 June and 5 July 2014 French municipal elections 2014 FFC0C0 Daniel Duquenne Miscellaneous left 6,054 52.3% Mayor Gérard Dalongeville Socialist Party (France) Daniel Duquenne Miscellaneous left 0d378a FN 47.6% 5,504 200x200px|Steeve Briois Steeve Briois There was a by-election in France for the municipality of Hénin-Beaumont held on 8 July. It was triggered after the mayor, Gérard Dalongeville, was convicted for embezzlement of public funds, corruption, forgery in private writing, favoritism and conceal of favoritism.http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2013/08/19/gerard-dalongeville-condamne-a-trois-ans-de-prison-ferme_3463406_823448.html Gérard Dalongeville condamné à trois ans de prison ferme 2013-08-19 Le Monde 2017-04-30 fr 1950-6244 The election was notable due to the fact that Steeve Briois, a Front National councillor for the town made it to the second round where he was eventually beaten by a coalition against FN. Steeve Briois was eventually elected mayor in 2014.http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/politique/elections-municipales-2014/20140330.OBS1893/henin-beaumont-premier-conseil-mouvemente-pour-steve-briois.html Hénin-Beaumont : premier conseil mouvementé pour Steve Briois L'Obs 2017-04-30 fr-FR Background In the 2008 municipal elections, Parti Socialiste candidate, Gérard Dalongeville got 44.30% in the first round followed by Steeve Briois with 28.48%http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-politique/2008-03-16/le-fn-battu-par-le-maire-sortant-divers-gauche-a-henin-beaumont/917/0/229874 Archives - Le Point.fr magazine Le Point Le Point.fr fr 2017-04-30 Daniel Duquenne got 19.23% in 2008.http://www.france-info.com/spip.php?article101137&theme=81&sous_theme=262 France Info - Chroniques 2017-04-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081203045504/http://www.france-info.com/spip.php?article101137 2008-12-03 Only a year later on 7 March 2009, Gérard Dalongeville was placed in custody in Lille under claims that he had committed embezzlement and as the case developed, he was suspended from PS on 21 Aprilhttp://www.20minutes.fr/lille/321529-20090422-cas-dalongeville-continue-embarrasser Le cas Dalongeville continue d'embarrasser 2009-04-22 20minutes.fr 2017-04-30 and then on 27 April was suspended as mayor.http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-politique/2009-05-02/le-maire-gerard-dalongeville-suspendu-de-ses-fonctions/917/0/339985 Archives - Le Point.fr magazine Le Point Le Point.fr fr 2017-04-30 First round In the first round, there were 9 candidates standing for Mayor with Steeve Brioishttp://www.rmc.fr/edito/info/82327/le-fn-favori-du-premier-tour-a-la-municipale-dhenin-beaumont/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110224060029/http://www.rmc.fr/edito/info/82327/le-fn-favori-du-premier-tour-a-la-municipale-dhenin-beaumont/ dead 2011-02-24 Votre radio d'opinions : émissions politiques et de société 2017-04-30 and Daniel Duquenne appearing as the front runners after a poll from La Voix du Nord shown that Steeve Briois had 35% of the vote, an increase of 7% from 2008 and Daniel Duquenne close behindhttp://www.rmc.fr/edito/info/82327/le-fn-favori-du-premier-tour-a-la-municipale-dhenin-beaumont/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110224060029/http://www.rmc.fr/edito/info/82327/le-fn-favori-du-premier-tour-a-la-municipale-dhenin-beaumont/ dead 2011-02-24 Votre radio d'opinions : émissions politiques et de société 2017-04-30 On the night of 28 June, the Front National came in 39% of the vote, an 11% increase from 2008 and 800 more votes.http://www.20minutes.fr/lille/335644-20090629-maree-frontiste-henin-beaumont Une marée frontiste sur Hénin-Beaumont 2009-06-29 20minutes.fr 2017-04-30 This was followed by Daniel Duquenne and Pierre Ferrari, who obtained 20.19% and 17.01% respectively.http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2009/06/28/01002-20090628ARTFIG00173-henin-beaumont-le-fn-en-tete-avec-3934-des-voix-.php Hénin-Beaumont : le FN en tête avec 39,34% des voix 2009-06-28 Le Figaro 2017-04-30 fr-FR 0182-5852 After the FN got into the second round, numerous mainstream politicians called for citizens of Hénin-Beaumont to vote against Steeve Briois. This included Hervé Morin, Xavier Bertrand,http://www.lesechos.fr:80/depeches/politique/afp_00161572-henin-beaumont--bertrand-appelle-a-voter-pour-le-candidat-divers-gauche Les Echos.fr - Actualité économique, financière lesechos.fr fr-FR 2017-04-30August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Valérie Pécresse and Jean-François Copé.http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/podcast/invite_barbier/0,,4455166,00-lci-jean-francois-cope-est-l-invite-politique-de-christophe-barbier-.html UMP : Copé veut faire barrage au FN à Hénin-Beaumont - Podcast - LCI 2017-04-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090702185636/http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/podcast/invite_barbier/0,,4455166,00-lci-jean-francois-cope-est-l-invite-politique-de-christophe-barbier-.html 2009-07-02 In reaction to the UMP endorsement of Duquenne, Briois said "It's like the cherry on top".http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Locales/Lens/actualite/Autour_de_Lens/Henin_et_Alentours/2009/06/30/article_et-pendant-ce-temps-la-au-front-national.shtml https://archive.today/20120906071957/http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Locales/Lens/actualite/Autour_de_Lens/Henin_et_Alentours/2009/06/30/article_et-pendant-ce-temps-la-au-front-national.shtml dead 2012-09-06 Et pendant ce temps-là, au Front national... - la Voix du Nord 2017-04-30 French actor, Dany Boon called for people to vote against FN saying that "the National Front conveys ideas to the opposite of the Nord-Pas de Calais"http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/depeches/societe/20090703.FAP2189/dany_boon_appelle_a_voter_contre_le_fn_a_heninbeaumont.html Dany Boon calls on people to vote against FN 2009 Tempsreel.nouvelobs.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140726085038/http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/depeches/societe/20090703.FAP2189/dany_boon_appelle_a_voter_contre_le_fn_a_heninbeaumont.html 2014-07-26 dead To this statement, Marine Le Pen replied saying that he was a good actor but he didn't understand the situation of the people in Hénin-Beaumont. Second round As the second round started, candidate for the PS and Modem offered Pierre Ferrari to ally with Daniel Duquenne, Duquenne refused and after realizing the endorsements were in Duquenne's favor, he dropped out of the race.http://www.liberation.fr/france/2009/06/30/contre-le-fn-une-gauche-laborieuse-a-henin-beaumont_567619 Contre le FN, une gauche laborieuse à Hénin-Beaumont Libération.fr 2017-04-30 fr On 5 July 2009, Daniel Duquenne won the election with 6,054 votes or 52.38% where Steeve Briois who obtained 5,504 votes or 47.62% came second. Following this defeat, Marine Le Pen said "there are defeats that are extremely honorable and this one of them."http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2009/07/06/un-petit-gout-de-victoire-malgre-la-defaite-pour-marine-le-pen_1215578_823448.html "Un petit goût de victoire" malgré la défaite, pour Marine Le Pen 2009-07-06 Le Monde 2017-04-30 fr 1950-6244 Results CandidatePartyFirst RoundSecond RoundSeatsVotes%Votes%Number%Steeve BrioisFN39.335,50447.62822,86Daniel DuquenneDVG20.2052.382777,14Pierre FerrariPS-MoDem17,01Régine CalziaLes Verts8,52Pierre DarchicourtDVG6035,29Nesrédine RamdaniUMP4954,34Séverine DuvalNPA2,42Laurent BocquetDVD2,08Jean-Marie MonkaDVG0,82Registered Voters100,0100,0Abstentions39,807 27437,62Votes60,2062,38Blank Votes1,202,60Turnout59,0059,78 References 30em Hénin-Beaumont mayoral by-election Hénin-Beaumont mayoral by-election