Participation in the legislative elections soars almost 20 points above that of 2022 until 5:00 p.m.

June 30 () –

Participation in the first round of the legislative elections being held this Sunday in France reached 59.39 percent at 5:00 p.m., a difference of almost 20 percentage points above that registered until this same time in the 2022 elections. (39.4 percent), according to data from the Ministry of the Interior.

This provisional result is radically different from the elections two years ago, which ended with a final turnout of 47.7 percent, the lowest ever recorded for a legislative election. France is now on track for its highest turnout since 1986.

In fact, shortly after the last estimate was published at 5:00 p.m., the French media have provided two estimates of final participation, which could be around 67.5 percent according to Ipsos, and 69.7 percent according to Harris Interactive.

The French population has gone to the polling stations in the midst of an atmosphere of enormous agitation in the face of the first round of elections that could end up sealing the rise of the far-right represented in the National Group of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella , the latter more than a possible candidate to occupy the position of prime minister of the country, if the polls hold true.