The Macron bloc has a chance to get a majority of votes in the second round of parliamentary elections, to be held on June 19.
The bloc of left-wing parties led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, according to preliminary data, is leading the first round of elections to the French parliament held on Sunday. On Sunday, June 12, Le Figaro reports.
According to preliminary data, the left receives 26.2% of the popular vote, while Macron’s bloc receives 25.9%. The national party of the Marine Le Pen Rassemblement was in third place, alone in the polls, with a mark of 18.8%.
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As Le Figaro notes, despite taking second place in the first round of Block Together! has a chance to get a majority of votes in the second round of parliamentary elections on June 19.
Estimated Together! can get from 275 to 310 seats in the National Assembly – for an absolute majority, 289 representatives are required.
If Macron can only get a relative majority, he will be forced to work with other parliamentary groups to approve his laws.
Preliminary data shows that approximately 48 million voters took part in voting on Sunday. At 17.00 local time, the turnout in parliamentary elections in France was 39.42%, which is lower than in 2017 (40.75%).
Recall that in Germany, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a resounding victory in the state parliamentary elections (Landtag) in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Source: korrespondent
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