'Left-wing alliance' leads in French polls

According to exit polls in France, the left-wing alliance has taken the lead, while the Macron alliance came in second, and the far-right, which won the first round, has fallen to third place.

Voters in France went to the polls once again to determine the deputies who will represent them in the National Assembly for the next 5 years. There was a high turnout for the second round of the elections, where voting ended at 18:00 local time in mainland France and at 20:00 in major cities such as Paris and Marseille.

Voting, which began at 08:00 local time in mainland France, ended at 18:00; in major cities like Paris and Marseille, it concluded at 20:00. In the country of approximately 68 million 400 thousand people, there are 49.5 million registered voters. Voters went to the polls in the second round to determine the 501 deputies who will represent them in the National Assembly for 5 years. 76 deputies who will serve in the Assembly were elected in the first round.

According to the results of the first round, the far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella emerged as the leading party with 34 percent of the vote. The New Popular Front (NFP) coalition, formed by left-wing parties to prevent the rise of the far-right, placed second with approximately 29 percent of the vote. President Emmanuel Macron's Ensemble Alliance received approximately 20.5 percent of the vote.

The RN, which has continued to increase its votes in the last three elections in France, received 31.37 percent of the vote in the European Parliament elections held on June 9, 2024, doubling the vote of its closest rival, Macron's Renaissance party. Following the far-right's victory in the European Parliament elections, Macron dissolved the Assembly on the night of June 9 and decided to hold early elections on June 30-July 7.