French Socialist Party leadership election

[windjammer]

Hi Augbell, welcome to the forum! And thanks for making this thread. PS is probably irrelevant now, but still fascinating to follow their internal squabbles.

Well,
They are going to matter for the mayoral elections.

[windjammer]

Results with 66% of the votes
Faure: 49,75%
Le Foll: 25%
Maurel: 18%
Carvounas: 7,25%

Le Foll withdrew, there won't be a second round.

If Le Foll withdrew and Faure is under 50%, shouldn't Maurel get into the runoff?

Definitely not. Faure will be the only candidate

[windjammer]

Results with 66% of the votes
Faure: 49,75%
Le Foll: 25%
Maurel: 18%
Carvounas: 7,25%

Le Foll withdrew, there won't be a second round.

If Le Foll withdrew and Faure is under 50%, shouldn't Maurel get into the runoff?

Definitely not. Faure will be the only candidate

Well this is a f**king terrible and undemocratic system, but then again what else would I expect from the PS?

(Yes, yes, I know Maurel would have no chance in a runoff. It's a matter of principle.)

I mean,
I don't understand the problem with that?

[windjammer]

One of the top-2 candidates dropping out from the runoff shouldn't mean the other should get crowned without voters actually giving them a majority. The point of runoff systems is that you need to actually get >50% to win.

The point of the run off is to determine who between the 2 who got the biggest share of the vote should be elected.

Letting the third reach the run off in that scenario might cause a lot of problems as well: corruption etc etc