participation reached 45.26% at 5 p.m., up almost 2 points compared to 2019

At noon, it stood at 19.81%, a very slight increase of 0.55 points compared to 2019.

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A person slips their ballot into the ballot box in a polling station in Paris, June 19, 2022. (SOPHIE LIBERNANN / AFP)

At 5 p.m., Sunday June 9, participation in the 2024 European elections showed an increase of almost 2 points compared to the last election with 45.26%, according to official figures from the Ministry of the Interior. In 2019, at the same time, it stood at 43.29%.

At noon, participation stood at 19.81%, a very slight increase of 0.55 points compared to 2019. In total, 49.5 million people are called to the polls this year, according to the latest figures from INSEE.

Among the heads of the list, Marion Maréchal, candidate for the Reconquête party, visited her office in Hauts-de-Seine early on Sunday morning. Valérie Hayer, Renaissance candidate, voted in Laval (Mayenne) mid-morning, while the environmentalist candidate, Marie Toussaint, went to a polling station in Bordeaux. François-Xavier Bellamy, head of the Republican list, voted in Versailles. The socialist candidate, Raphaël Glucksmann also voted mid-morning in Paris. Finally, Jordan Bardella, head of the National Rally list, and Manon Aubry, La France insoumise candidate, voted at the end of the morning, respectively in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine) and Paris.


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