Last updated: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
France: who was in the majority in the second round of the last legislative elections?
During the second round of the 2017 legislative elections in France, the REM candidates obtained the highest accumulation of scores in the country with 43.06% of the votes cast, and finished first in 306 constituencies. Showing an overall result of 22.23%, the LR candidates ranked second, and won 112 constituencies. The FN candidates won a cumulative score of 8.75%, but only held a majority in eight constituencies. The MDM candidates collected 6.06% of the votes, all constituencies combined, and obtained 42 constituencies. The PS candidates were in fifth place, with 5.68% of the vote, and won 30 constituencies. With a cumulative score of 4.86%, the LFI candidates came in sixth place, and ranked first in 17 constituencies. UDI candidates achieved an aggregate score of 3.04%, and came in first place in 17 constituencies. The various right-wing candidates won only six constituencies, despite their cumulative result of 1.68%. The Diverse left candidates were in ninth position, credited with 1.45% of the votes cast, and won 11 constituencies. The PCF candidates convinced 1.2% of voters, all constituencies combined, and were in the majority in 10 constituencies.
In 2017, 57.36% of the country’s electorate did not vote. This rate was higher than that of the previous round (51.3%).
In 2012, voters represented 55.4% of voters. This corresponded to a drop in mobilization of 1.82 points compared to that of the first round.
How many blank ballots were counted during the last legislative elections in France?
In the country, in 2017, 6.99% of votes were blank and 2.87% were deemed invalid. We had counted 1.54% of white votes and 0.67% of invalid votes in the first round.
3.85% of voters had chosen a blank or null vote in 2012. During the first round, 1.58% had been recorded.