President Macron's faction "Together" comes first with 25.75% of the vote, compared to 25.66% of the "People's Union" of Jean-Luc Melanson.
"For a handful of votes" the faction "Together" close to Emanuel Macron "finally" occupies the first place in the first round of the parliamentary elections that took place yesterday Sunday in France.
According to estimates, which became known in the early hours of today, 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. More specifically, the "Together" faction gathers 25.75% of the votes against 25.66% of the "People's Union".
Bourne: "We are the only political force that can get a majority in the National Assembly"
Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne on behalf of the presidential majority of Emanuel Macron called on voters to go to the polls in the second round of parliamentary elections next Sunday.
"Today, more than one in two French people did not go to the polls. Our first collective task is to reduce abstention. We will continue to work in this direction by continuing dialogue with the whole of society," Bourne said.
"To all who abstained, I want to say tonight to believe in the power of their vote and to have their voices heard next Sunday. We are the only political force that can get a majority in the National Assembly. We have a week of mobilization ahead of us, a week "So I call on all democratic forces to rally around our candidates. In a week, it is our values that are at stake, freedom, equality, fraternity and secular character." "of the state.
Melanson: "The new People's Union will be present in more than 500 constituencies in the second round"
"I address you with all the emotion you can imagine in view of the results that have been announced. At the end of this first round, the new People's Union comes first, it will be present in more than 500 constituencies in the second round. The siege screenings this "At the moment they have almost no sense but to maintain an illusion," Jean-Luc Melanson said after the first exit polls showing his party coming first in the first round of today's parliamentary elections.
"The presidential party lost at the end of the first round. For the first time in the Fifth Republic, a newly elected president fails to win a majority in the next parliamentary elections," the Nupes leader continued. "I call on our people in view of this result and the great opportunity it gives for our personal lives and the destiny of our common homeland. I call on the people to vote next Sunday. Start with your ballot papers to open the door wide to the future. which has been mobilized so many generations before ours ", he concluded.
