In percentage terms, Macron’s faction holds 25.75% of the vote compared to 25.66% of Melanson’s faction
The faction of President Emmanuel Macron, Together, is finally the winner of the first round of parliamentary elections held yesterday in France.
However, the difference from the “People’s Union” of the leader of the French left, Jean-Luc Melanson, is marginal.
According to estimates, which became known in the early morning hours tonight, the faction of the presidential majority appears to gather about 20,000 votes more than the “People’s Union” of the leader of the French left Jean-Luc Melanson.
In percentage terms, Macron’s faction holds 25.75% of the vote compared to 25.66% of Melanson’s faction
Until late at night, French analysts estimated that Melanson would win the first round, but in the second round Macron would win more seats.
Le Figaro characterizes the very small difference between the two factions as a warning shot for Macron.
The abstention reached very high percentages, amounting to almost 52.8%.
Both Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne on behalf of the presidential majority Emanuel Macron and the leader of the Popular Union Jean-Luc Melanson called on voters to go to the polls in the second round of next Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
In fact, the French Prime Minister addressed those who did not vote yesterday, asking them to believe in the power of their vote. He also called on all democratic forces to rally around their candidates. As he noted, in a week, the values ​​of France, freedom, equality, fraternity and the secular character of the state are at stake.
Melanson, for his part, called on citizens to go to the polls next Sunday and reject the destructive works of the Macron majority.
