Bpolitical upheaval… and serious setback for the presidential majority. Emmanuel Macron loses the absolute majority (289) in the National Assembly after the legislative elections. Only 246 deputies Together, the coalition of the presidential party and its allies, in particular MoDem and Horizons, were elected. Opposite, the Nupes, failing to have reached a majority, imposes itself as the first opposition force, with 142 deputies.
The other big surprise of this second round is the historic breakthrough of the National Rally (see below), which sends 89 elected officials to the hemicycle. Never has the Le Pen party had so many deputies. On the right, Les Républicains, who feared to disappear after the bad score of Valérie Pécresse in the presidential election (4.7%), manage to save the furniture (see below also) by retaining 61 elected officials. A new balance of power is emerging in the Assembly, and should be refined as the deputies join the different political groups.
The new electoral geography of France
The legislative elections draw a new political landscape in France, with the return of the left, the decline of the presidential majority and the breakthrough of the RN, on the Mediterranean coast and in the North-East. Note: the left-wing coalition manages to make the grand slam in Seine-Saint-Denis with 12 Nupe deputies out of 12 seats. The RN also achieves the feat in several departments, including Pyrénées-Orientales, Aude or Haute-Marne.
Berezina for the Macron camp
The president’s camp, which had 358 LREM or MoDem deputies in 2017, suffered heavy losses. In 2022, there are only 246 Together deputies left in the Assembly. Several ministers – Amélie de Montchalin in Essonne, Justine Benin in Guadeloupe, Brigitte Bourguignon in Pas-de-Calais – were beaten and others, such as Clément Beaune and Stanislas Guerini in Paris, were re-elected on the wire.
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The right saves the furniture
From 130 elected under the LR or UDI label in 2017, the numbers on the right have fallen to 64. A lesser evil for the party, which, sliced up by Emmanuel Macron for five years and scalded by the poor result of its presidential candidate , can claim to have saved more seats than he could hope for.
RN historic breakthrough
Despite a sluggish campaign, the RN creates a surprise and manages to send 89 deputies to the Assembly. While the flame party did not have enough manpower to form a parliamentary group under the previous legislature, it now finds itself in a position to tilt the debates.
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Abstention, big winner
In slight decline compared to the second round in 2017 (57.4%), abstention remains very high. Less than one in two voters came this Sunday, June 19 to vote.
About political nuances
To interpret the results, Point uses the political nuances assigned by the Ministry of the Interior, corrected for certain candidates according to their declarations and information collected in the local press. For example, Damien Abad, labeled various right, is considered by Point as a member of the presidential majority and Joël Aviragnet, various left, is relabeled Nupes.