Legislative elections: the French overseas, called to the polls this Saturday

Florin Hossu, edited by Romain Rouillard 7:38 p.m., June 11, 2022

Six weeks after the presidential elections, it is now time for the legislative elections.

While the voters of the metropolis will vote on Sunday for the first round, the French overseas went to the polls today to elect their deputies.

The ballot aims to decide between 55 candidates for four seats to be filled.

But at midday, the official participation figures fell and confirm a very strong abstention.

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Indeed, barely 7.2% of voters had gone to vote at 12 p.m., a figure down two points from the data collected five years ago at the same time.

The year 2017 was marked by a very high rate of abstention which rose to 74%.

"I do my duty"

This Saturday morning, however, some Martiniquans wanted to be among the first to vote.

"For me, it's very, very, very important because I have the right to vote and I'm French. So I'm doing my duty," said this resident.

Same story with Angélique, mother: "Too many people fought for me to have the right to vote. Given how things are going, I think there were too many abstentions and today , we have what we have”, she expresses. 

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As for knowing how to decide between the candidates, Angélique chose the simplest method.

"I simply approached the one who, in my opinion, corresponded more to my convictions. Verdict from 6 p.m. this Saturday, local time. It will be midnight in France. Unlike the presidential election, the results will be known as soon as the end of the counting operations this Saturday evening.