2022 French legislative elections

Today (June 19th) citizens of France go to polls to vote in the **second** (and final) round of legislative elections!

French parliament consists of two chambers: upper (but less important) **Senate**, made up of 348 senators, elected indirectly (mostly by local councillors, mayors etc.) for a 6-year term (with half of the seats changed each 3 years); and lower **National Assembly**, which is what will be decided today.

[National Assembly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(France)) (Assemblée nationale) consists of 577 **deputies** (289 required for majority), decided in **single-member constituencies** (including 23 in overseas France and 11 for French citizens living abroad) through a **two-round** election, for a **five**-year term. This system of election is pretty much similar to presidential in majority of countries, where president is chosen by univeral vote (including France; but obviously not United States, which have a way of their own). Deputy can be elected in 1st round, if they manage to get absolute majority of votes (50%+1) with a turnout above 50%. If not, two top candidates end in a runoff 2nd round, which decide who gets the seat.

Turnout in 1st round (which took place a week ago, on June 12th) was record low **47.5**% (compared to 48.7 in 2017). Because of that, only five seats were already decided (four from LFI/NUPES, including record [Alexis Corbière](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Corbi%C3%A8re) in district *Seine/St-Denis 7* with 62.9% votes), and remaining 572 will be filled today. Turnout will be probably even lower, as it usually is in 2nd round of legislative elections in France (it was only 42.6% in 2017).

Relevant parties and alliances taking part in the elections are:

Name|Position|2017 result (seats)|1st round|**2nd round**|**Seats** (change)
:–|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:
[Ensemble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_Citoyens) (Citizens Together)|centre/liberal alliance (backing president Macron)|32.3/49.1% (350)|25.8%|TBA|TBA
[NUPES](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ecologic_and_Social_People%27s_Union)|left & green alliance (leader [Jean-Luc Mélenchon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_M%C3%A9lenchon))|27.1/13.4% (70)|25.7%|TBA|TBA
[Rassemblement national](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rally_(France)) (National Rally)|far right (party of [Marine Le Pen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Le_Pen))|13.2/8.8% (8)|18.9%|TBA|TBA
[UDC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_the_Right_and_Centre)|centre right, liberal, gaullist|21.6/27.0% (136)|11.3%|TBA|TBA
[Reconquête!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconqu%C3%AAte) (Reconquest)|far right (leader [Éric Zemmour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_Zemmour))|-|4.2%|TBA|TBA
regionalists|incl. Corsica, Martinique etc. nationalists|0.9/0.8% (5)|1.3%|TBA|TBA
others & independents|-|4.9/0.9% (8)|12.8%|TBA|TBA

**Further knowledge**

[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_French_legislative_election)

[French legislative elections: The second round, by the numbers](https://www.france24.com/en/france/20220617-french-legislative-elections-the-second-round-by-the-numbers) (France 24)

[How to watch the French parliamentary election like a pro](https://www.politico.eu/article/watch-france-parliamentary-election-pro/) (Politico)

[As France goes to the polls, voters are asking: who really is Macron?](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/12/france-polls-voters-who-emmanuel-macron-identity) (The Guardian)

We shall leave detailed commentary (and any interesting trivia!) on elections and campaign, to our French users (or anyone else with more knowledge what happens in politics there).