Turnout in the first round of the municipal elections at 5 p.m. amounted to 38.77% compared to 54.54% in 2014, i.e. almost 16 points less. According to several polling institutes, abstention could amount to more than 54%.

Abstention in the first round of municipal elections on Sunday would reach 54.5%, up 18 points compared to 2014, according to an estimate by the Ipsos / Sopra Steria institute for France Télévisions, Radio France and parliamentary channels. A second Elabe / Berger Levrault study for BFMTV and Le Parisien projects an abstention rate of 56% for this poll, which was organized the day after the government's decision to close all "public places not essential to life of the country "due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Participation at 5 p.m. was 38.77% against 54.54% in 2014, almost 16 points less, according to the Minister of the Interior, with large disparities.

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In the Oise, one of the first centers of contamination in the territory, the participation rate fell from 59.21% six years ago to 41.25%. The North recorded 21.5 points less and the Bouches-du-Rhône more than 24 points less than in 2014.