Ahead of the municipal second round in martinique, four candidates for Bellefontaine met with debate hosts this Friday at 3: 00 p. m. ET to outline their positions and face direct questioning. The session, convened by Cédric Catan and Philippe Diser, gathered Félix Ismain, Servius Charles Donatien, Ugo Avinin and Michel Suivant ahead of the decisive vote. The debate is the latest event in a local calendar that includes newly installed municipal leadership and several second-round matchups.
Runoff Debate in Martinique: Bellefontaine Candidates Face Off
Friday’s debate at 3: 00 p. m. ET put four qualified candidates for the second round in Bellefontaine in direct exchange with the moderators. The participants named for the debate are Félix Ismain (candidate, Bellefontaine), Servius Charles Donatien (candidate, Bellefontaine), Ugo Avinin (candidate, Bellefontaine) and Michel Suivant (candidate, Bellefontaine). Hosts Cédric Catan (debate host) and Philippe Diser (debate host) received the candidates for an interlude designed to clarify priorities before voters return to the polls.
Expanding details: Local results and municipal shifts
At the same time across the island, municipal contests are moving into second-round stages or concluding early. In Les Anses-d’Arlet, the first round left no outright majority: three lists qualified for the runoff. The list “LEZANSDALE POU TOUJOU”, led by Eugène Larcher, finished first with 1, 028 votes, representing 44. 75% of the suffrages exprimés and 29. 64% of the registered electorate. The list “AGIR AVEC AUDACE POUR LES ANSES D’ARLETS”, led by Michaël Charmet, collected 718 votes (31. 26% of suffrages exprimés and 20. 70% of registered voters). In third, “L’ALLIANCE ARLESIENNE” under David Dinal received 551 votes (23. 99% of suffrages exprimés and 15. 89% of registered voters).
All three lists in Les Anses-d’Arlet carry a divers gauche label and will meet again in the second round; no council seats were allocated after the first round because the full slate of candidates remains qualified for the runoff. Voter participation in that commune reached 68. 31% of registered voters: out of 3, 468 registered electors, 2, 369 cast ballots. Abstention stood at 31. 69%, with 1, 099 registered electors not voting. Among ballots cast, 35 were blank (1. 48% of suffrages exprimés) and 37 were null (1. 56%), leaving 2, 297 suffrages exprimés, or 96. 96% of ballots deposited.
Elsewhere in municipal business, Jimmy Farreaux was officially installed as mayor of Le Vauclin during the first municipal council on Friday, March 20, ET. And a second-round matchup is set in Morne-Rouge: the runoff scheduled for Sunday, March 22, ET will oppose Andréa Mauzole, who led in the first round.
Immediate reactions
Participants and local officials were present or named in the run-up to these events. The debate participants are listed as Félix Ismain (candidate, Bellefontaine); Servius Charles Donatien (candidate, Bellefontaine); Ugo Avinin (candidate, Bellefontaine); and Michel Suivant (candidate, Bellefontaine). The session was overseen by Cédric Catan (debate host) and Philippe Diser (debate host). Local administration action included Jimmy Farreaux (mayor, Le Vauclin) taking office at the municipal council meeting on March 20, ET. Andréa Mauzole is identified as the candidate leading into the Morne-Rouge second round.
Quick context and what’s next
These debates and runoff qualifications come amid a broader municipal cycle where first-round pluralities have produced multi-list runoffs in several communes. The Bellefontaine debate is one in a series of scheduled inter-round meetings intended to give voters a clearer choice ahead of the second-round ballot.
Voters in the affected communes will decide the second round in the coming days; attention will focus on how debate exchanges in Bellefontaine and the three-way race in Les Anses-d’Arlet reshape alliances and turnout. Local officials and candidates will reconvene ahead of the polls, and all eyes will remain on the municipal trajectory across martinique as the next results are tallied.
