The ruling bloc Ensemble! (Together!) and a left-wing coalition the New Ecologic and Social People’s Union” (NUPES) show almost the same result in the first round of the parliamentary elections in France, gaining 25.7% and 25.6% of the vote, respectively.
- This is according to preliminary data on the processing of 100% of the ballots published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party comes third with 18.7% of votes, the Republicans are on the fourth place with10.4%.
Representatives of Eric Zemmour’s Reconquete (Reconquest) party come fifth with 4.2% of the vote. The remaining parties and unions did not overcome the 4% mark.
The vote was held at the lowest turnout in the history of the Fifth Republic.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 52.5% of the French on the electoral lists did not come to the polling stations.
- Prior to this, the worst turnout in the first round of the parliamentary elections was recorded in 2017, when 51.7% of voters were missing at the polling stations.
- However, France does not have a requirement for a minimum turnout for the vote to be declared valid.
Observers note that the country’s residents have been gradually losing interest in parliamentary elections over the past 30 years.
Source: TASS