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The first phase of elections for 577 seats of the National Assembly (Lok Sabha) will be held in France today on Sunday. The second phase of voting will be held on 7 July. French citizens living abroad can also vote in these elections.
Only those candidates can stand in the second phase who have got more than 12.5 percent votes in the first phase. Any party needs to win 289 seats to get a majority in the National Assembly. The term of the French Parliament was to end in 2027, but due to a big defeat in the European Union, President Macron dissolved the Parliament ahead of time this month.
In fact, the Macron government was running on the support of a coalition. His coalition had only 250 seats and every time he had to garner support from other parties to pass the law. At present, the right-wing party National Rally (RN) has 88 seats in Parliament, but the survey has estimated that Marine Le Pen’s party can win 220 to 260 seats. It had 88 MPs in the recently dissolved parliament.
Even if it loses, Macron will remain in office
Macron’s Renaissance Party and his alliance are likely to get only 125 to 155 seats. Even if Macron’s Renaissance Party loses in the National Assembly elections, Macron will remain in office. Macron has already said that no matter who wins, he will not resign from the post of President.
In fact, after the defeat in the EU elections, if Macron’s party loses in the Parliament too, then there may be pressure on him to leave the post of President. Therefore, Macron has already made it clear that he will not leave his post.
If Marine Le Pen’s National Rally Party gets a majority in the parliamentary elections, then Macron will become very weak in the Parliament and he will need the support of opposition parties to pass any bill or bring a new government scheme.
In France, the elections of the President and the National Assembly are held separately. In such a situation, even if a party does not have a majority in Parliament, the leader of that party can win the presidential election. The same thing happened with Emmanuel Macron in the 2022 elections. He won the presidential election. But, his alliance did not get a majority in the National Assembly.
Election process in France
Like India, France also has 2 houses of Parliament. The upper house of Parliament is called the Senate and the lower house is called the National Assembly. Members of the National Assembly are elected by the general public, while members of the Senate are elected by the members of the National Assembly and officials together.
