A New Dawn for French Politics: National Grouping Dominates Elections and Secures the Most Seats in First Round

Defining the composition of the National Assembly in the second round

In the recent French elections, the National Grouping and its conservative allies emerged as the largest political force, securing 33.15% of the votes. The left coalition New Popular Front (NFP) came in second place with 27.99% of the votes, surpassing President Macron’s group which received 20.04% of the votes. The traditional right-wing party, The Republicans (LR), only received 6.57% of the votes.

The French National Assembly has a total of 577 seats, and legislators are elected by district. In the first round of elections, a candidate must secure more than 50% of the votes to win a seat. As per recent results released by the Ministry of Interior, 37 deputies from the National Grouping, 32 from NFP, two from Macronist bloc and three from LR and its allies have already secured their seats for the second round. Candidates who received more than 12.5% but less than 50% of the votes will compete in the second round with the candidate receiving

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