French voters are invited to vote in the first round of legislative elections this Sunday, June 30, 2024. But what are the opening and closing times of the polling stations?
The meeting was not planned, but it promises to be decisive for the future of French political life. The French are expected at the polling stations this Sunday, June 30 to participate in the early legislative elections. The vote was added to the political agenda after Emmanuel Macron announced the dissolution of the National Assembly, on the evening of the European elections marked by the defeat of the presidential majority and the victory of the National Rally. Voters will be called to the polls again for the second round of the legislative elections on Sunday, July 7.
After an express campaign of just three weeks, voters must choose who they want to vote for before casting their ballots tomorrow. Whether they travel themselves or have made a proxy, there is only one place that will allow them to participate in the vote: the polling station.
How to find your polling station?
For each election, several polling stations are set up in the municipalities to allow as many French people as possible to vote. But each voter is expected in a specific polling station whose address is indicated on the electoral map. If a voter no longer has their electoral card, they can always find out the address of their polling station from their town hall or more quickly on the Linternaute.com site using the search engine located at the top of this article. Simply enter the name of a city to find the addresses and times of polling stations. Not only do they go to the right polling station, voters must pay attention to opening and closing times which may change.
What time do the polls close?
All polling stations in France will open at 8am this Sunday, June 30. There is no point in going there earlier. However, not all of them will close at the same time. To encourage voting and combat abstention, polling stations will be open for most of the day without interruption, so voters will have until at least 6pm to put a ballot in the box.
But the closing time of polling stations may be postponed in certain cities by decision of town halls or prefectures. Tradition dictates that polling stations close at 6 p.m. in rural areas and the majority of municipalities, at 7 p.m. in the largest cities and at 8 p.m. in very large cities such as Paris, Marseille or Lyon. To find out the hours of polling stations, particularly yours, you can use our search engine at the top of this article: again, simply enter the name of the municipality concerned.