The first information about the results of the elections in France came. Exit polls by Ipsos-Sopra Steria companies at 8 PM local time show that the Ensemble alliance may not win a majority in the 577-seat national assembly in the first round. According to exit polls, the Ensemble can get between 255 and 295 deputies in the national assembly.
On the other hand, with the initiative of the ultra-leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon, the “Social and Ecological New People’s Union” (Nupes) alliance, which includes the LFI, the Green Party (EEVL), the Socialist Party (PS) and the Communist Party (PCF), will have 150 deputies to the parliament. Looks like 190.
While the total number of deputies to represent various right-wing parties in the parliament, including the centre-right Republican Party (LR), Union of Independents and Democrats (UDI), is 50 to 80, the far-right National Union (RN) can get 20 to 45 deputies.
HE SAYS MACRON’S ALLIANCE IS “DEFEATED AND DEFINED”
Ipsos-Sopra Steria gives the rate of voters not going to the polls as 52.3 percent. According to the exit polls of Ifop-Fiducial companies, the number of seats that the Ensemble alliance can get in the parliament is between 275 and 310, while Nupes is expected to get 180 to 210 seats.
According to this survey, the total number of deputies of various right-wing parties, including LR, UDI, remains at 40 to 60, while RN alone can elect from 5 to 25 deputies.
Speaking after the results were announced, Melenchon said that the alliance led by Macron was “defeated and defeated at the end of the first round”.
EXTREME RIGHT LEADER LE PEN FIT TO THE SECOND ROUND
In the first round, the far-right leader Marine Le Pen won the second round by winning the 11th electoral district of Pas-de-Calais province, where he competed for the seat of parliament.
Speaking from the city of Henin-Beaumont, Le Pen urged his voters not to vote for either of these alliances in constituencies where Ensemble and Nupes alliances are head-to-head.
Another far-right parliamentary candidate, Eric Zemmour, was eliminated in the first round of the election.
In the first round, in which 6 thousand 293 candidates compete to become a member of parliament, a second round will be held for the seats in which a candidate cannot obtain an absolute majority.
Candidates with 12.5 percent or more of the votes will be able to participate in the second round of the elections, which will be held on 19 June. The candidate who receives the most votes in this round will be elected as a member of parliament.
As a result of the elections, the party (or alliance) that receives the majority of 289 deputies or more will be able to form the government.
There are approximately 48.7 million voters in the country. (AA)