2024 French legislative election

2024 French legislative election

30 June 2024 (first round) 7 July 2024 (second round)

All 577 seats in the National Assembly 289 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Current seats Ensemble Gabriel Attal 250 NUPÉS Olivier Faure, Manuel Bompard, Marine Tondelier and Fabien Roussel 149 RN Jordan Bardella 88 LR Éric Ciotti 61 Independents — 19 Incumbent Prime Minister Gabriel Attal Renaissance

An early legislative election is expected to be held in France in two rounds on 30 June and 7 July 2024, to elect the 577 members of the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. This follows President Emmanuel Macron's decision to call a snap legislative election after the results of the 2024 European Parliament election were announced.

Background

Following the 2022 legislative election, Ensemble lost its absolute majority in the National Assembly. Among the member parties of the coalition was President Emmanuel Macron's party, Renaissance (formerly La République En Marche!) – for the first time since 1997, the incumbent president failed to have an absolute majority in the National Assembly. Meanwhile the two main opposition blocs, the left-wing New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES) and populist right-wing National Rally (RN), saw a major surge in seats won. Despite that, no group won the absolute majority, resulting in a hung parliament for the first time since 1988.

On 9 June 2024, shortly after 21:00 CET, Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament and called for snap parliamentary elections in a national address following exit polls that indicated that the Renaissance party would be significantly eclipsed by the National Rally in votes for France's European Parliament elections. In his address, he called the rise of nationalism by agitators a threat to France, Europe, and France's place in the world. He also decried the far right as the "impoverishment of the French people and the downfall of our country". The first round of elections are scheduled for 30 June, and a second round for 7 July.

National Rally leader Jordan Bardella called the disparity a "stinging disavowal" of Macron, calling for him to dissolve parliament in the wake of the defeat he called "Day 1 of the post-Macron era". Marine Le Pen and leader of La France Insoumise Jean-Luc Mélenchon celebrated the poll results and welcomed the call for snap elections. Far-left politician François Ruffin called on all leftwing parties, including the Greens to form a “Popular Front” in order to avoid a "worse" outcome.

Electoral system

The 577 members of the National Assembly, known as deputies, are elected for five years by a two-round system in single-member constituencies. A candidate who receives an absolute majority of valid votes and a vote total greater than 25% of the registered electorate is elected in the first round. If no candidate reaches this threshold, a runoff election is held between the top two candidates plus any other candidate who received a vote total greater than 12.5% of registered voters. The candidate who receives the most votes in the second round is elected.

Political parties and coalitions

See also: List of political parties in France

Parties		Leader	Ideology	Seats		Status
				Last election	Before election
	Ensemble	Gabriel Attal	Liberalism	245 / 577	250 / 577	Government
	New Ecological and Social People's Union	Collective leadership	Democratic socialism	131 / 577	149 / 577	Opposition
	National Rally	Jordan Bardella	French nationalism	89 / 577	88 / 577	Opposition
	The Republicans	Éric Ciotti	Liberal conservatism	61 / 577	60 / 577	Opposition
	Union of Democrats and Independents	Hervé Marseille	Christian democracy	6 / 577	7 / 577	Opposition
	Radical Party of the Left	Guillaume Lacroix	Social liberalism	1 / 577	0 / 577	Opposition

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2024 French legislative election

See also

• Legislative elections in France
• List of deputies of the 16th National Assembly of France