PARIS, France.— This Sunday, the stake in the first round of the French legislative elections reached a 25.09 % of the census at noon (10:00 GMT), the highest figure in several calls, reported the Ministry of the Interior.
Two years ago, only 18.43% of the electorate had voted by that time, and in 2017, 19.24%, according to Interior figures.
Election day is currently proceeding normally and most of the main political leaders had already cast their votes by this time.
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The earliest riser was Manuel Bombardcoordinator of the leftist The Insoumise France (LFI), who cast their vote just following 10:00 a.m. local time (08:00 GMT) in Marseille, southern France.
Just a couple of minutes later, the president of the far-right party did the same. National Grouping (RN) and favourite in all polls to be the next prime minister, Jordan Bardellawho voted electronically in Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, on the outskirts of Paris.
At around 11.30 (09.30 GMT) they voted for the current prime minister, Gabriel Attalin Vanves, also in the Hauts-de-Seine department, and the former socialist president Francoise Hollandewho is a candidate for deputy in Corrèze.
Shortly before, the former prime minister had done so Edourd Philippe in Le Havre, the city of which he is mayor, and Eric Ciottileader of the conservative party The Republicanswho has personally allied himself with the RN once morest the majority of his party, and who voted in Nice.
And just before noon he cast his vote Marine Le Penthe leader of the RN, who did so in her electoral stronghold of Henin-Beaumontin the north, next to the Belgian border.
As is usual in French elections, neither made any statements to the press.
President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are planning to cast their vote in the small coastal town of The Touquet.
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2024-07-12 15:12:42