Reversal of the French ruling party, far from an absolute majority of MPs
PARIS, 19th June (RHC) The governing coalition Together, led by France’s ruling party The Republic on the Move, was unable to guarantee President Emmanuel Macron an absolute majority of MPs in the general election in which his vote was held.
For the first time since the reversal of the electoral calendar in 2000, with the holding of the presidential election and after the parliamentary elections, a president must rule without the scrutiny of the National Assembly, a challenging scenario that will force a consensus in the chamber to support Macron’s programs realize.
According to preliminary projections by pollsters, based on the votes cast this Sunday in the second ballot, Together would be far from an absolute majority of at least 289, maximum 250 MPs, while the left-wing coalition Nueva Unión Popular Ecológica y Social (Nupes) would be the first opposition force with up to 190.
Elabe’s estimate for TV channel BFM gives the ruling party between 205 and 235 seats in the Assembly of 577 and the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) between 210 and 250.
For his part, Nupes, composed of La Francia Insumisa and the Europa Ecology parties, the Greens, Communists and Socialists, would win 170-190 (Elabe) or 150-180 (IFOP).
Behind the country’s top two political forces would be the Conservatives, led by Republicans, with between 75 and 100 MPs, and the extreme right, the National Group, with 60-75.
The abstention rate in the general election would be around 54 percent, higher than the 52.4 percent in the first ballot a week ago.
The official results of the elections, to which nearly 49 million citizens were called, will be released late at night by the Interior Ministry. (Source: Latin Press)