LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS RULES. See you next Sunday, June 19, 2022, for the second round of the legislative elections. In most constituencies, only two candidates are qualified, but there may be exceptions! Here is all you need to know.
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[Mis à jour le 13 juin à 09h07] Few of them were elected as a deputy in the first round of the legislative elections on Sunday June 12. It must be said that the rules are draconian and make such an outcome rather rare, especially in a context of strong abstention. To be elected in this first round, it was indeed necessary to collect the absolute majority of the votes cast (more than 50%) but also and above all to win a number of votes equal to a quarter of the registered voters (25%). According to the first results published, only five candidates succeeded on Sunday: Alexis Corbière in Seine-Saint-Denis, Sarah Legrain, Danielle Obono and Sophia Chikirou in Paris, all four under the banner of Nupes and Yannick Favennec, outgoing deputy reappointed in Mayenne under the banner of the group for the presidential majority, Together!
Everywhere else, a second round will therefore be organised. The rules are obviously not the same in the second round where only obtaining a relative majority is enough. Simply put, the candidate with the most votes is elected! In most constituencies, there will be two candidates facing each other, but these legislative elections will also reserve a few rare triangular candidates, candidates having managed to obtain a number of votes equal to 12.5% of registered voters. According to the first results, 8 triangular, 2nd rounds where we find three candidates face to face, will be organized on June 19th. In five constituencies out of the 8 triangular, there will be three candidates from matches between candidates from Ensemble, Nupes and RN. Qualified candidates have until Tuesday, June 14 to submit their application again to the prefecture. They will then officially participate in the 2nd round, which will take place on Sunday, June 19.
Elected for 5 years, except in the event of dissolution!
Each deputy is elected for a term of five years, the next legislative elections being therefore scheduled for 2027. They could be brought forward in one case, if the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron were to decide during his term of office to announce the dissolution of the National Assembly, a prerogative reserved for the President of the Republic in the Constitution of the 5th Republic. The last dissolution dates back to 1997 and was carried out by Jacques Chirac, who had lost his majority there and had been forced to cohabit with the left, the leader of the PS Lionel Jospin being appointed to Matignon.