Information on Elections
On July 7, 2024, Parliamentary Elections were held in France to elect 557 Members of the national assembly. The results are as follows:
Election results of the 1st round
- RN/UXD: 33.21%, 10,647,914 votes
- NFP: 28.21%, 9,042,485 votes
- Total: 21.28%, 6,820,446 votes
- LR: 6.57%, 2,106,166 votes
Election results of the 2nd round
- RN/UXD: 37.06%, 142 seats, 10,109,044 votes
- Total: 24.53%, 159 seats, 6,691,619 votes
- NFP: 25.80%, 180 seats, 7,039,429 votes
- LR: 5.41%, 39 seats, 1,474,650 votes
About the electoral system
France's National Assembly has 577 members who are elected for five years using a two-round system in unicameral constituencies. A candidate wins the first round with an absolute majority and more than 25% of the votes of the registered electorate. If no one meets that threshold, a runoff is held between the top two candidates and whoever else received more than 12.5% of the support of registered voters.
The limit of 12.5% may cause tripartite repeat rounds (triangulaires), particularly with high participation and fewer candidates, as expected in 2024.
Pre-election polls predicted high turnout and a tripartite electorate in 2024, leading to many three-way and some four-way runoffs (four-way). Ultimately, 306 constituencies had three-way runoffs, and 5 had four-way runoffs, with 89 three-way and 2 four-way runoffs remaining after the dropouts. This was the first appearance of four-way runoff since 1973.
«Where’s Macron? French president disappears amid election crisis», 4 July 2024, Politico
