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French election: How does it work and what happens if nobody wins an absolute majority
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-election-run-off-how-does-it-work-what-look-out-2024-07-05/French election: How does it work and what happens if nobody wins an absolute majority
By Reuters
July 6, 2024 12:29 PM EDT Updated 20 hours ago
July 6 (Reuters) - Sunday's second round vote in France's parliamentary election may lead to a hung parliament with no clear majority, opinion polls show, unless the far right wins enough seats to form its first government since World War Two.
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HOW DOES THE VOTE WORK?
A total of 577 constituencies are being decided in the election, one for each seat in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.
Seventy-six lawmakers were elected in the first round last Sunday - including 39 representing the far-right National Rally (RN) and its allies - leaving 501 seats up for grabs in the run-off.
This Sunday's voting ends at 6 p.m. (1600 GMT) in towns and small cities and 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) in big cities. At 8 p.m., pollsters will issue initial nationwide projections based on early partial results from polling stations that closed earlier in the day. These are usually reliable.
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By Reuters
July 6, 2024 12:29 PM EDT Updated 20 hours ago
July 6 (Reuters) - Sunday's second round vote in France's parliamentary election may lead to a hung parliament with no clear majority, opinion polls show, unless the far right wins enough seats to form its first government since World War Two.
[...]
HOW DOES THE VOTE WORK?
A total of 577 constituencies are being decided in the election, one for each seat in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament.
Seventy-six lawmakers were elected in the first round last Sunday - including 39 representing the far-right National Rally (RN) and its allies - leaving 501 seats up for grabs in the run-off.
This Sunday's voting ends at 6 p.m. (1600 GMT) in towns and small cities and 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) in big cities. At 8 p.m., pollsters will issue initial nationwide projections based on early partial results from polling stations that closed earlier in the day. These are usually reliable.
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