Tomorrow there will be a second round of municipal elections in 11 villages in the French Basque Country and in some cases there will be a close contest
Bayonne ballots, first round.
For thesecond time in a week, 11 towns in the French Basque Country have municipal elections tomorrow, Sunday. The lists that passed the 10% barrier in the first round will be played in the second in 10 villages in Lapurdi (Baiona, Biarritz, Kanbo, San Juan de Luz, Hendaia, Urruña, Bokale, Beskoitze, Azkaine and Arbona).
BAYONNE
The centrist Jean-Rene Etchegaray , who has been a contender for the last 12 years, won the first round with 42% of the support. The president of the Basque Urban College also seemed to have it easy in this second, but last Tuesday the left announced an agreement. With J.C Iriart as candidate, the two most voted lists on the left (the candidacy of Iriart for EH Bai and the Socialist\u00 A0Echeto) will be presented under the name of Elgar for Bayona .
BIARRITZ
In the coastal town of Lapurdi, not one, two alliances have been closed this Tuesday.\u. 00A.0 between the left-wingers: the list of Ana Ez.Curr. was third in the first round.KANBO
Unlike the previous two villages, Kanbo has not agreed to any alliance and there will be three lists in the contest:the first round winner Peio Etxeleku (Kanbo Elkartu), the hitherto right-wing auzapez Christian Deveze and the patriot Argitxu Hiriart-Urruty .
SAN JUAN DE LUZ
Here, too, there will be a contest between the three lists, but it is foreseeable that the right-winger Jean-Francois Irigoyen (47.34% of the votes in the first round), who has so far been in dispute, is the most likely to prevail. However, the centrist Manuel de Lara was second and the patriot Pascal Lafitte , third.
HENDAIA
In the fifth most populous town of Lapurdi, Kotte Ecenarro will be the socialist candidate for the fourth term, but he will face the nationalist list led by Laetitia Navarro (who stayed at 10 points in the first round) and on the right, the candidacy of Tristan Proteau.
URRUÑA
On March 15, a tough fight is expected between the two ranked in the top two. With only one point of difference, the opposition leader, Sebastien Etchebarne, was imposed on the hitherto contested patriotFilipe Aramendi , and this second is where the biggest battle is expected. will face the right-handMartine Mignot .
VOWEL
The four left-handed lists that were played in the first round have passed to the second, with similar results. However, an exciting contest is expected. In fact, the former contender, Francis Gonzales , was third and Mathieu Horn's was imposed. Guy Boulanger's (2nd most voted) and Helene Etchenique's (4th) will face each other.
BESKOITZE
Fewer surprises are expected in the northeastern township of Lapurdi. Three lists contested in the first round won the ticket for the second, butthe current contender, Pascal Jocou, who almost doubled the results of the other two contenders (patriotCatherine Errecart and Theo Solomon ), has the most options.
AZKAINE
No surprises are expected in Azkaine, and the division of forces in the first round is being repeated, so the centrist Benedicte Luberriaga is likely to prevail, aheadof leftist patriot Manterola and Jean-Louis Laduche.
ARBONA
\u00A0Guillaume Fourquet won the first round, but Beñat Arla's list was only 30 votes away.
MAULE
Louis Labadot , the current communist contender, is the one who has the most chance of winning, and will face patriotBeñat Elkegaray and Armanda Accoce .
The results of the second round will most likely determine who will take over the presidency of the Collegeof Basque Urban Centres, since whoever dominates the municipal elections in Baiona and Kanbo (Etchegaray, Iriart or Etxeleku) may have options for the post.
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