France Announces Preliminary Results of the 1st round of Parliamentary Elections with Historically High Turnout
The first round of early parliamentary elections in France, which took place on Sunday, 30 June, gave the far-right National Rally led by Marine Le Pen a 33% majority, according to the French Interior Ministry.
The left-wing New People's Front alliance is in second place with almost 28%. President Macron's ruling coalition remained in third place with 20%.
Another feature of the first round was the historic turnout of 66.71%, or 32,911,132 voters, up from 47.51% recorded in 2022, but below the 67.9% recorded in the last parliamentary elections organised after the dissolution of parliament in 1997.
Currently, the far-right National Union party is estimated to win between 230 and 280 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly.
The second-largest group is projected to be the left-wing New People's Front with 125–165 seats and President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble coalition with 70–100 seats.
Following the EU Parliamentary elections, French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly in June and called early legislative elections, with the first round of voting on 30 June and the second round on 7 July. A total of 577 seats are up for grabs in the lower house of the National Assembly. At the same time, the next Prime Minister of France is likely to be a representative of the party or coalition that wins the most seats in the parliament.
