Lists, registered and “triangular confrontation” – The French living abroad
The 48.7 million French voters are called from 8 a.m. Sunday to elect the 577 deputies of the new French National Assembly.
According to the data of the Ministry of Interior, the total number of candidates is 6,293, almost divided into men (55.8%) and women. Under the 2010 election law, constituencies in the constituencies are divided into population groups of 125,000. France currently has 566 constituencies, to which are added 11 representing the approximately 2.5 million French living abroad. We have a total of 577 constituencies, of which the 577 Members are expected to be elected to Parliament for 5 years.
The electoral system is a two-round majority. The election is held by constituency, and not only the votes but also the percentage of registered candidates won by a candidate is counted. In order to be elected a member of parliament from the first round, he must gather the absolute majority of votes in his constituency, but also 25% of those registered in the lists. The system is considered particularly difficult and there were very few elected MPs from the first round.
Lists, registered and “triangular confrontation”
To pass to the second round, a candidate (having failed in the first round) must gather 12.5% ​​of those registered in his constituency. If no candidate receives this percentage of registered voters, then the two who received the most votes in the first round pass to the second round.
The rules for the second round do not rule out the possibility that the battle will be fought by 3 different candidates with a “triangular confrontation”, although relatively rare. For the final election in the second round, an absolute majority is no longer required, a relative majority is sufficient.
The French living abroad.
Of the approximately 2.5 million French living abroad, the Home Office gives 1,614,369 as registered. They are divided into 11 constituencies with the first and most populous number 1 (United States-Canada) with 231,328 registered. This first district voted for the first round on June 4 and the rest on June 5.
The French closely monitored the results of the 5th constituency, to which Spain also belongs. The focus was on the candidacy of Manuel Valls, the former prime minister under François Hollande, to whom President Macron had invested, representing his party. It was news to the French public that Manuel Valls failed to make it to the second round. Some saw the failure as a sign of a weakening of Macron dynamics.
The French living in Greece belong to the 8th constituency together with Cyprus (+ Israel, Italy, Malta, Turkey, Palestinian territories). In this region the French voters are estimated at 138.00. For the second round, the French of the 1st region living on the American continent will vote on Saturday, June 18 and the rest on Sunday, the 19th of the month.
DW – Olympia Tsipira, Paris
