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In 2022, Delogu was selected to stand as a candidate for LFI and the [[New Ecological and Social People's Union]] electoral alliance in the [[Bouches-du-Rhône's 7th constituency|7th constituency]] of [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] in the [[2022 French legislative election|2022 legislative election]]. Following the first round of voting, Delogu came first, and he was later elected in the second round with 64.68% of the vote.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |title= Les résultats du second tour des élections législatives dans la 7e circonscription des Bouches-du-Rhône |url= https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-elections/marseille-13055/ |work= [[Le Monde]] |accessdate= 20 June 2022}}</ref> Upon his election, he was seated in the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]].<ref name=":4"/>
In March 2024, Delogu filed a request for a parliamentary inquiry into Marseille en grand, an investment plan announced by [[Emmanuel Macron]] in 2021, following a report from the ''[[Cour des Comptes (France)|Cour des Comptes]]'' and the Regional Chamber of Auditors which highlighted its weaknesses and dysfunctions.<ref name="bouhot">{{cite web|url=https://www.bfmtv.com/marseille/plan-marseille-en-grand-sebastien-delogu-reclame-l-ouverture-d-une-commission-d-enquete-parlementaire_AV-202403070769.html|title=Plan "Marseille en grand": Sébastien Delogu réclame l'ouverture d'une commission d'enquête parlementaire|language=French|date=7 March 2024|work=[[BFM TV]]|last=Bouhot|first=Florian}}</ref>
On 28 May 2024, Delogu was suspended from the National Assembly for 15 days and docked half of his parliamentary salary for two months after waving the [[flag of Palestine]] during a parliamentary debate on the French [[recognition of the State of Palestine]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Left-wing French lawmaker suspended for waving Palestinian flag |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2024/05/28/left-wing-french-lawmaker-suspended-for-waving-palestinian-flag_6672921_6.html |date=2024-05-28 |access-date=2024-05-29 |work=[[Le Monde]]}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Garnier |first=Hugues |title=Drapeau palestinien brandi à l'Assemblée: le député LFI Sébastien Delogu "se fout" des sanctions |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/la-france-insoumise/drapeau-palestinien-brandi-a-l-assemblee-le-depute-lfi-sebastien-delogu-se-fout-des-sanctions_AN-202405280616.html |date=2024-05-28 |access-date=2024-05-30 |work=[[BFM TV]] |language=fr-FR}}</ref> This came two days after the [[Tel al-Sultan massacre]], where about 50 Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes on the [[Tel al-Sultan refugee camp]] in the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref name=":5"/> All of the left-wing parties in the National Assembly opposed Delogu's suspension, including LFI, the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]], [[The Ecologists (political party)|The Ecologists]], and the [[French Communist Party]].<ref name=":5"/><ref name="pol"/> [[Naïma Moutchou]] of the center-right [[Horizons (political party)|Horizons]] also criticized the suspension, claiming that it undermines the "credibility as an institution" of the Assembly as [[Sébastien Nadot]] was given just a warning for waving a flag in parliament.<ref name="pol">{{cite web |language=fr |first=Chez |last=Pol |title=Exclusion temporaire d'un député LFI pour avoir brandi un drapeau palestinien : une sanction disproportionnée pour la députée Horizons Naïma Moutchou |url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/exclusion-temporaire-dun-depute-lfi-pour-avoir-brandi-un-drapeau-palestinien-une-sanction-disproportionnee-pour-naima-moutchou-20240529_BVFLFJYYIJAL3DEMO5NIOYCTNE/ |date=29 May 2024 |work=[[Libération]]}}</ref> LFI also pointed to [[Yaël Braun-Pivet]] of the centrist [[Renaissance (French political party)|Renaissance]], who wore an Israeli flag on her jacket in parliament.<ref name="pol"/> The reason given for Délogu's suspension was that his actions constituted "a demonstration disturbing the order or a tumultuous scene", provided for by Article 70 of the internal regulations of parliament.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Juliette|last1=Marie |first2=Erwan|last2=Alix |title=Député exclu après avoir brandi le drapeau palestinien : 4 questions sur les sanctions à l’Assemblée |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/politique/institutions/assemblee-nationale/depute-exclu-apres-avoir-brandi-le-drapeau-palestinien-4-questions-sur-les-sanctions-a-lassemblee-f02369f6-1d91-11ef-b54a-817f4879ea25 |work=[[Ouest-France]] |date=29 May 2024 }}</ref> Scholar Benjamin Morel noted that the suspension was "very elevated, more than what is practiced for this type of act" and that it "remains a political assessment, according to the sensitivity of the subject, linked to its conjuncture and political reading". Delogu later brought the case to the [[European Court of Human Rights]] two days later.<ref name=":5"/>
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