{"id":5167,"date":"2017-06-12T16:56:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T14:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2017-06-12T16:56:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T14:56:37","slug":"french-parliamentary-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/en\/online-elections\/french-parliamentary-elections","title":{"rendered":"#Election News: En Marche set for huge parliamentary majority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Voters went to the polls yesterday to take part in round one of the French parliamentary elections. Following Emmanuel Macron\u2019s ascension to the presidency last month, the question remained whether or not his anti-establishment <i>En Marche<\/i> party could back him up with a parliamentary majority. Here we bring you a comprehensive breakdown of the results in #Election News.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Just as pre-election polls had predicted, Macron\u2019s fledgling political party looks to be taking full flight. In the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-40242531\" target=\"_blank\">first round<\/a> of voting for the <i>Assembl\u00e9e nationale, <\/i>France\u2019s lower chamber of parliament, the self-styled centrist party won 32.3% of the vote.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Results at a glance: French Parliamentary Elections<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">En Marche &#8211; 32.3%<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Les R\u00e9publicains &#8211; 21.5%<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Nation Front &#8211; 13.2%<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">La France insoumise &#8211; 11%<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Socialist Party &#8211; 9.5%<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Ecologists &#8211; 3.3%<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Communists &#8211; 3%<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Others &#8211; 5.4%<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Voter turnout &#8211; 48.7%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">French parliamentary elections operate under a two round runoff system, similar to the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/en\/online-elections\/french-presidential-elections\" target=\"_blank\">presidential elections<\/a>. In next Sunday\u2019s second round the top two candidates in each constituency, as well as any other candidate scoring over 12.5% in round one, will contest a first past the post runoff to decide who will sit in the lower house\u2019s 577 single-member-constituency seats. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On the basis of first round results, Macron\u2019s allies are on course to secure an overwhelming 445 seats. The largest opposition party is likely to be the traditional right of centre Les R\u00e9publicains <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/3-takeaways-on-french-parliamentary-elections-first-round\/\" target=\"_blank\">with around<\/a> 100 seats. Only four candidates won seats after the first round by securing over 50% of the vote. Two of these belong to <i>En Marche<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Reaction<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The result comes as a welcome boost to president Macron as he seeks to implement his campaign platform. Before the election, some pundits questioned whether <i>En Marche\u2019s<\/i> political insurgency would carry over to the legislative branch. The prospect for Macron, therefore, was that he would preside over a hostile parliament and struggle to deliver his pro-business policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">French prime minister Edouard Philippe has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/jun\/11\/emmanuel-macrons-party-leads-exit-poll-for-parliamentary-elections\" target=\"_blank\">triumphantly declared<\/a> \u201cFrance is back\u201d in light of the first round result.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He went on to say \u201cfor the past month, the president has shown confidence, willingness and daring in France and on the international stage\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Death of the Establishment?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The outcome in France is indicative of a wider anti-establishment trend in Western politics. Since the upheaval of the Brexit vote in Britain, the world has watched on as a billionaire reality TV star took the White House, before seeing the implosion of the traditional two-party French system as Macron triumphed over Marine Le Pen in the race for the <i>\u00c9lys\u00e9e<\/i>. On top of that, Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/en\/online-elections\/britain-hung-parliament\" target=\"_blank\">poll-defying campaign<\/a> in the UK\u2019s snap general election blew up in prime minister Theresa May\u2019s face &#8211; yet another vote against the status quo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, one worrying figure coming out of the first round French parliamentary elections was voter turnout. At just 48.7% in 2017, the number was down from 57.2% in the corresponding elections of 2012. The fact that less than half of registered voters were bothered to show up would seem to reflect a deeper malaise within French politics. Macron\u2019s personal and party-wide success can therefore be understood as being less of an endorsement of his own policies, but rather a rejection of the alternatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whatever the case, we\u2019ll bring you all the results and reaction from next week\u2019s deciding runoff elections in #Election News!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voters went to the polls yesterday to take part in round one of the French parliamentary elections. Following Emmanuel Macron\u2019s ascension to the presidency last month, the question remained whether or not his anti-establishment En Marche party could back him up with a parliamentary majority. 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