This June 30 there are legislative elections in FranceApproximately 49 million French people are expected to vote in the second round of elections on Sunday and on July 7 to elect the 577 deputies who make up the lower house of the French Parliament, the National Assembly.
The early legislative elections, which will take place on 30 June and 7 July, were called by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and are intended to elect French deputies after the dissolution of the National Assembly following the poor electoral results of his party in the European Elections of 9 June.
What time do the polling stations open on June 30?
Voting for the June 30 elections will begin at 8:00 a.m.Voters will be able to go and vote whenever they wish, as long as they do so at their polling station until 6 p.m. However, in major cities such as Paris, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Montpellier, Pau, Strasbourg and Toulouse, polling stations will remain open until 8 p.m. In other cities, such as Brest, Lille and Rennes, they will remain open until 7 p.m.
In the overseas territories, voting began a day earlier, namely in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana and French Polynesia.
What will France vote on June 30?
France is divided into 577 legislative constituencies. In the elections on June 30 (and July 7 in the second round) 577 deputies of the National Assembly will be elected, one for each constituency. The current distribution was carried out in the 2012 legislative elections following demographic evolution and also taking into account French residents abroad.
Of these 577 constituencies, 539 are in metropolitan France, 27 are in overseas regions and 11 are for French citizens living outside the country.
Who goes to the second round?
If no candidate obtains an absolute majority in each of those 577 constituenciesa second round will be held to which those who have obtained at least 12.5% of the votes registered in the constituency will pass.. In this way, it is possible that triangular or quadrangular elections will take place, that is, up to three or four candidates will pass, although this is not usually common.
Who has the majority in the National Assembly?
In case that A party or coalition obtains a majority of deputies, it will have control of the National Assembly. All polls show Le Pen’s party, RN, as the winner, so a majority in this chamber would force Macron to form a cohabitation government. The second force in the polls would be the New Popular Front, the coalition of left-wing parties that, if it wins, would also force Macron to cohabit with them in power.
