Laurent Lhardit

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Laurent Lhardit
Member of the National Assembly of France for Bouches-du-Rhône's 2nd constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Preceded byClaire Pitollat
Personal details
Born (1963-04-20) 20 April 1963 (age 62)
Marseille, France
Political partySocialist

Laurent Lhardit (born 20 April 1963) is a French politician who was elected deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône's 2nd constituency on 7 July 2024. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he was previously deputy mayor of Marseille from 2020 to 2024.

Biography

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Lhardit is originally from the Marseille district of La Pointe-Rouge [fr]. He is a graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon.[1]

Laurent Lhardit joined the Socialist Party in 1988, following the appointment of Michel Rocard to Matignon.[1] He worked with the Socialist MP Michel Pezet, to whom he remained close.[1] In 1997, he founded his consultancy firm.[1]

He was elected district councilor for the 3rd sector of Marseille [fr] during the 2014 municipal elections [fr].[2][3] In 2020 [fr], he was elected municipal councilor of Marseille on the Printemps Marseillais list.[4] He became 16th deputy to the new mayor of Marseille, Michèle Rubirola, responsible for economic dynamism, employment and sustainable tourism.[5][6] He retained his delegation when Benoît Payan succeeded Michèle Rubirola as mayor in December 2020.[3]

For the 2024 legislative elections, Laurent Lhardit is the candidate of the New Popular Front in the Bouches-du-Rhône's 2nd constituency, which corresponds to the 7th and 8th arrondissements of Marseille. He came second in the first round with 28.49% of the vote, behind Olivier Rioult of the RN-RAD alliance (32.06%) but ahead of the outgoing Ensemble deputy Claire Pitollat (27.01%).[7] The latter withdrew, giving her support to "Laurent Lhardit's candidacy [and his] humanist and respectable values". He was elected in the second round with more than 53% of the vote.[7]

It was the first time that the Left won the constituency since the 1973 French legislative election. Laurent Lhardit believes that a change in the sociology of the 7th arrondissement is at work; he sees "new arrivals, rather young, voting more to the left and sensitive to ecology".[8]

Election results

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Year Party Constituency 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Rank Votes % Issue
2024[9] NFP-PS Bouches-du-Rhône's 2nd constituency 16,740 28.49 2nd 28,677 53.64 Elected

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Marie-Sophie Manelli (2024-06-18). "Législatives : qui est Laurent Lhardit (NFP-PS), candidat dans la 2e circonscription ?". La Provence (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-09..
  2. ^ Bertrand Connin (2016-03-16). "Métropole : le PS se divise sur la ligne de conduite à adopter face à Jean-Claude Gaudin". Gomet (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-09..
  3. ^ a b "Les 30 adjoints au maire". La Marseillaise (in French). 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2024-07-09..
  4. ^ Florent De Corbier (2020-07-01). "À droite, des figures battues ou rétrogradées". La Marseillaise (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-09..
  5. ^ Camille Payan (2020-07-21). "Les délégations des adjoints à la mairie de Marseille dévoilées". France Bleu Provence (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-09..
  6. ^ Jean Poustis; Sidonie Canetto (2020-07-21). "Municipales : voici les 28 adjoints de la nouvelle maire de Marseille". France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-09..
  7. ^ a b "Législatives : Laurent Lhardit (NFP) l'emporte dans les 7e et 8e arrondissements de Marseille". La Provence (in French). 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-09..
  8. ^ Geay, Margot (2024-07-09). "Dans les coulisses de la soirée électorale du nouveau député Laurent Lhardit". Made in Marseille (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-03.
  9. ^ "Législatives 2024 - Résultats tour 2 : 2ème circonscription (1302)". resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2024-07-09..
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