China News Service, Paris, June 19 (Reporter Li Yang) On June 19, local time, the second round of voting in the 2022 French parliamentary election officially began. This vote will finally determine the ownership of the 577 seats in the French National Assembly.
Polling stations in mainland France opened to voters at 8:00 a.m. local time on the 19th (2:00 p.m. Beijing time on the 19th).
People went to the polling station to vote.
As with the first round of voting held on the 12th of this month, polling stations in Paris and other places will be closed at 8 p.m. that night, and the first batch of exit polls will be announced later.
According to the results of the first round of the parliamentary elections announced by the French Interior Ministry, the ruling party's camp won 25.75% of the vote, ranking first among all political factions participating in the election.
The left-wing coalition came second with 25.66% of the vote.
Whether the ruling party camp can maintain an absolute majority in the National Assembly through this parliamentary election still faces certain challenges.
The low turnout in the French parliamentary elections in 2022 may have some impact on the election results.
The turnout rate of the first round of the parliamentary election held on the 12th was 47.51%, which was lower than the turnout rate of the first round of the 2017 parliamentary election (48.5%).
French Prime Minister Borne previously called on voters to vote.
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