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| French president Macron’s party set for victory in 1st round of parliamentary elections | |
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| The recently elected president’s Republic On The Move (LREM) party has gained enough votes in the first round of France’s parliamentary elections Sunday that would see it secure an overwhelming parliamentary majority, projections show. | |
| Macron's party and its allies have won the biggest share of the vote in the first round of the elections based on a partial count of ballots, the French interior ministry has announced. | Macron's party and its allies have won the biggest share of the vote in the first round of the elections based on a partial count of ballots, the French interior ministry has announced. |
| Macron's party scores 32 percent, AFP reports citing projections. | Macron's party scores 32 percent, AFP reports citing projections. |
| Such a result could land the one-year-old political force with as much as three quarters of lower house seats when the second round results come in on June 18. | Such a result could land the one-year-old political force with as much as three quarters of lower house seats when the second round results come in on June 18. |
| While an Elabe poll projects 32 percent for Macron’s party and its center-right Modem ally, it further says that conservative Republicans and their allies received almost 21 percent of the votes. If confirmed, the Republicans headed by Francois Fillon would become the largest opposition force with up to 100 seats in the 577-member 15th National Assembly. | While an Elabe poll projects 32 percent for Macron’s party and its center-right Modem ally, it further says that conservative Republicans and their allies received almost 21 percent of the votes. If confirmed, the Republicans headed by Francois Fillon would become the largest opposition force with up to 100 seats in the 577-member 15th National Assembly. |
| Macron's main rival in the recent presidential election, Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front scored 13 percent, according to Elabe. | |
| The party of another Macron's opponent in the presidential race, Jean-Luc Melenchon's La France insoumise is said to have received 11 percent of the votes in the first round, followed by the Socialist Party and a grouping of left-wing parties with 9 percent. | The party of another Macron's opponent in the presidential race, Jean-Luc Melenchon's La France insoumise is said to have received 11 percent of the votes in the first round, followed by the Socialist Party and a grouping of left-wing parties with 9 percent. |
| The 1st round of parliamentary elections showed a low turnout, according to the French Ministry of Interior. Authorities registered a 51.4 percent abstention rate on Sunday. | |
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| Macron's centrist LREM party fields over 400 candidates of various backgrounds. Should his neither right nor left political movement win the elections, it will signal a further change of course in French politics, having been shaped by the mainstream left-right divide for decades. | |
| "It's a renewal of the political class," health ministry administrator Jose Jeffrey, who supports LREM, told Reuters. | "It's a renewal of the political class," health ministry administrator Jose Jeffrey, who supports LREM, told Reuters. |