Left-wing New Popular Front coalition leads in French parliamentary run-off vote, early data shows

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Left-wing New Popular Front coalition leads in French parliamentary run-off vote, early data shows

A woman steps out of a polling booth prior to cast her vote in the first round of parliamentary elections in Le Touquet, northwestern France, on June 30, 2024. 

Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images

LONDON — France’s left-wing New Popular Front coalition is set to unexpectedly win the most seats in the second round of the country’s parliamentary election but fail to clinch an absolute majority, early data showed.

The New Popular Front — an alliance of five parties ranging from the far-left France Unbowed to the Socialists and the Ecologists — could secure between 180 and 215 seats in the latest electoral round, according to

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

for French broadcaster TV 1. Ipsos projected a lead of between 172 to 192 seats for the faction.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble party and its allies were set to gain between 150 and 180 seats, according to IFOP, while far-right Rassemblement National — which won the first round of elections and was widely seen as likely to retain a strong momentum in the runoff vote — seen in third place with 120-150 seats.

None of the parties have accrued the necessary absolute majority of 289 seats to rule alone, suggesting markets could open on Monday to a hung parliament in Europe’s third-largest economy, if the Sunday results are confirmed.

An initial ballot suggested RN would become the largest party in France’s National Assembly but, in the last week, factions on the center-right and left joined forces to try to block its advance, withdrawing candidates in many constituencies where another candidate was better placed to beat the far-right party.

By offering voters a starker choice and fewer candidates, RN’s opponents hoped that the electorate would choose the non-RN candidate. The move appears to have worked, with anti-RN voters galvanized into action. Turnout in the second ballot was a higher 67.1%, the highest since 1997, pollster Ipsos said.

This breaking news story is being updated.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

#Leftwing #Popular #Front #coalition #leads #French #parliamentary #runoff #vote #early #data #shows

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up