Emmanuel Macron, based on Ipsos- Sopra Steria projections at 21 pm on Sunday evening, crushes his opponents even if a less striking success is looming for the new president than expected on the eve of the vote for the renewal of the national assembly in France. The French went to vote but the turnout was particularly low: 35,33% at 15pm on Sunday.
The party he founded The Republic in motion, would have won 361 seats (of which 42 for the MoDems), therefore a large majority compared to the 577 in the assembly but less than the 400 that were attributed to it in the pre-voting forecasts. The projections are constantly changing and it is said that the number of majority deputies cannot rise further. Out of six ministers in Edouard Philippe's government, four are definitely elected: Richard Ferrand (Minister of Cohesion), Bruno Le Maire (Minister of Economy), Christophe Castaner (Minister for Relations with Parliament) and Annick Girardin (Minister of overseas). The results of Amounir Mahjoubi (Secretary of State) and Marielle de Sarnez (Minister of European Affairs) are still pending.
Presidential majority crushes other parties but will face multiple opposition groups: The Republicans are positioned at 128 seats, i socialists to 46 seats against more than 300 in the last legislature even if the figure is less worse than the 20 deputies feared before the vote. However, the party is decimated and secretary Cambadélis has announced his resignation. But the map of seats changes and adjusts as the minutes go by, following the pace of the projections.
To the left France insubordinate (the movement of Jean Luc Mélenchon who was elected) et le PCF would gain a total of 26 seats, while the Right of the National Front, would win 8 seats, more than the 2 it had in the last legislature but less than the 15 needed to form its own parliamentary group. Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right party, she was elected for the first time after more than one failed attempt in the past. Among the other strong points of the opposition, Eric Ciotti (LR), Stéphane Le Foll (Ps) are elected.
