After the withdrawal of the SVP-rival Pascal Dessauges remained Rebecca Ruiz is the only candidate for the second ballot.
On Tuesday afternoon, the deadline for list submission for the planned run-off election on may 7. April. The expected battle between the Left and the middle-class will not be held. Dessauges had announced in the Morning that he will not compete in the second ballot of the election to the cantonal government.
The prefect of the district of Gros-de-Vaud had achieved in the first ballot significantly fewer votes than expected. In particular, the length of the mobilization of the FDP-voters, after the party leadership had called for the support of the civil Challenger for the SP seat.
13’000 votes residue
“With almost 13’000 votes residue are our prospects of success almost zero,” said Dessauges before the media in Lausanne. “I don’t just throw it in the towel, but I have to be consistent and pragmatic. I take my responsibility and have decided to waive the issue of more than half a Million Swiss francs,” said the 54-Year-old.
Ruiz had reached on Sunday, which is 46.59 percent of the vote. The 37-year-old SP-national councillor could count on the support of the Greens. The civil rival Dessauges came with 37,56% of the votes are already significantly behind.
CVP-candidate Axel Marion, who received third place 6 percent of the vote, announced on Sunday that he will not participate in the runoff election. Jean-Michel Dolivo of the outer left party Ensemble à Gauche, with 4.12 percent and Anaïs Timofte from the left outer party POP with a 3.26 per cent of the vote failed at the 5-percent threshold for the second ballot.
left-green majority
The Canton of Vaud government has, since 2011, a left-green majority. SP and the FDP from each of the three seats, the Greens have a mandate. SVP and FDP took in these elections, is now the third attempt of the majority to the bourgeois camp back. (sda)
Created: 19.03.2019, 13:00 Uhr
