Emmanuel macron, with his wife Bridget
The party of the President of France Emmanuel Makron “Go Republic!” won in the first round of elections to the National Assembly (lower house of Parliament — approx. “Of the tape.ru”). Final data are published on the website of the Ministry of internal Affairs of the country.
The Pro-presidential movement has gained 28.21% of the vote, center-right “Republicans” took 15.77 percent, “national front” marine Le Pen of 13.20 percent, “Rebellious France,” Jean-Luc Mélenchon — of 11.02 percent, the center-left socialist party — 7,44% of the votes.
Came to areas less than half of the French — of 48.71 percent, which is the lowest figure in the history of elections to the national Assembly. Even before the announcement of the final results, Prime Minister édouard Philippe stated, as demonstrated by the party of the Makron, the results indicate that citizens support the President’s policies both domestically and in the international arena.
Elections to the national Assembly are held by the majority system, candidates are elected in single-member districts. Marine Le Pen won enough votes, winning in his district trust 46,02 percent of the citizens. Its closest rivals far behind several times.
The second round of National Assembly elections will be held next Sunday, June 18. Each district will involve candidates who obtain not less than 12.5 percent of the votes in the first round.