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On the occasion of the second round of the legislative elections, the franceinfo Talk brings together political scientists, political journalists and communications experts to answer your questions following the results of the vote.
This Sunday, July 7, the French went to the polls for a second time to elect their deputies, as part of the early legislative elections.
Against all expectations, the New Popular Front narrowly came out on top, with a range of between 172 and 192 deputies in the new chamber, according to our Ipsos-Talan estimate for France Télévisions, Radio France, France 24, RFI and LCP. Turnout for this second round was 67.1%, according to our estimate, a level slightly higher than that of the first round, and not seen since 1997.
Qualified in 441 constituencies for the second round, the National Rally and its allies seemed able to seize a majority in the National Assembly for the first time in the Fifth Republic. But after the many withdrawals that occurred between the two rounds, the party of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella lost its bet. It obtained, according to our estimate, between 132 and 152 elected representatives at the end of the second round. However, it improved its score compared to 2022, when it sent 89 deputies to the Assembly.
Behind the left-wing coalition, but ahead of the RN and its allies, the presidential bloc united under the banner Ensemble lost the relative majority it held from 2022 to 2024. The various centrist parties, however, limited their decline in the Assembly, with between 150 and 170 elected representatives at the end of these early legislative elections.
>>> Come and ask your questions and chat with the experts from the franceinfo Talk, gathered for this second round election night. Ludovic Pauchant welcomes political communicators Amélie Lebreton and Emilie Zapalski, Véronique Reille-Soult, social media expert, political scientist Dorian Dreuil, Cassandre, political streamer and young representatives of political parties.