French President Emmanuel Macron’s party appears to be in a good position to remain the first political force in the French National Assembly, but according to preliminary estimates from the results of the first round of legislative elections, which took place, it may have an absolute majority. Do not touch. Sunday
According to Ifop Vedusial, Macron’s party will win between 275 and 310 seats, while Ipsus expects to win between 255 and 295 seats, with an absolute majority of 289 seats.
In terms of the number of votes cast, estimates suggest a close result between the presidential camp, which was re-elected in April, and the left-wing coalition.
French voters went to the polls on Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections, crucial to Macron’s ability to advance his plans for reform in his second five-year term.
Despite the importance of the vote, the turnout appeared to be high in the first round, reaching 39.42% of the more than 48 million voters who had been called to the polls by 15:00, the withdrawal from the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections. . The year 2017, which recorded the lowest turnout at noon, has reached 48.7% since 1985.
The French will elect all 577 members of the National Assembly in a two-session vote.
The second meeting will be held a week later, on June 19.
Several regions of France, such as Guadeloupe or Martinique, have been voting since Saturday, and the results will be announced on Sunday evening.
Pre-vote polls suggest Macron’s “together” coalition, which backs Macron and dominates the 2017 National Assembly, and the left-wing electoral coalition led by Jean-Luc Melanchon are equal in voting intentions.
In third place is the far-right party led by Marine Le Pen, which reached the second round of the April 24 presidential election before the traditional right, which lost its position as the main opposition force.
At the end of the campaign, the French president called on the French to give him a “clear and strong majority.”
As in the presidential election, he presented himself as a bulwark against the “extremism” embodied in his view by the radical left of Melanchon, and the right by Marine Le Pen, who he saw as synonymous with “anarchy” for France. Is.
And gaining an absolute but relative majority will complicate the path of reform he wants to make in his second term, especially in the case of retirement.
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