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National Assembly: what composition after the legislative elections ? 76 deputies already elected

ASSEMBLED. The second round of the 2024 early legislative elections will take place this Sunday, July 7. What will be the composition of the National Assembly? the outcome of the vote ?

A brand new National Assembly will take shape on Sunday July 7 in the evening. At the end of the second round of legislative elections, the political balance promises to be upset in the future. ;hémicycle. Since Emmanuel Macron's historic decision to dissolve the lower house of Parliament on June 9, a recomposition into three blocks is looming. At the end of the first round, only one side seems able to obtain a majority. absolute: that of the National Rally. But his adversaries are determined to win. do everything to prevent it. What will the lower house of Parliament look like the day after the election ?

76 deputies were elected. More from the first round: 39 for the National Rally, 32 for the New Popular Front, one for Renaissance, one for Les Républicains and three various right-wing parties. For the rest, poll projections promise the National Rally a majority. almost absolute: the Ipsos Talan barometer allocates between 230 and 280 seats to the far-right party and to the far-right party. his allies. The New Popular Front is allocated between 125 and 165, the presidential coalition between 70 and 100. LR would retain between 41 and 61, while various left-wing candidates would obtain between 11 and 19. Finally, between 22 and 30 seats would return to the table. other candidates.

 

Will the Republican Front come to put a spanner in the works for the RN ? As soon as the results of the first round of the legislative elections were announced, withdrawal strategies were triggered: in the three-way races, more than a hundred left-wing candidates qualified for the second round preferred to withdraw to block the far right. Around sixty candidates from the presidential coalition did the same. Therefore, the transfer of votes to the second round is very uncertain and opens the way to a very open election.

Who will be the deputies of the new National Assembly ?

As a result of the lightning campaign, a historically high number of outgoing MPs stood for election. their own re-election: there were 532 in the first round, to which must be added 22 ministers in office, having won the election. a seat in 2022 before withdrawing in favor of their replacement. Only 23 parliamentarians had decided to withdraw, 15 of whom sat in the majority. presidential election. In 2022, 136 outgoing MPs had not been elected. reinvested.

76 deputies are already in office. guaranteed to find a seat at your destination. the end of the first round. Among them, many well-known figures from the different parties: Marine Le Pen and Sébastien Chenu for the National Rally, Mathilde Panot, Cl&mence Guetté or Manuel Bompard for La France insoumise, Olivier Faure for the Socialist Party, Sandrine Rousseau for the environmentalists, or even Philippe Juvin for Les Républicains.

What was the composition of the National Assembly since 2022 ?

The legislative elections of June 12 and 19, 2022 had renewed the composition of the National Assembly in an unprecedented way: although re-elected president of the R' Publicly a few weeks earlier, in April 2022, Emmanuel Macron found himself in danger. private majority absolute in the lower house of Parliament. The majority presidential election (Renaissance ex-LREM, MoDem, Horizons) had thus lost around a hundred deputies compared to the previous mandate, to arrive at 250 seats, while the majority absolute is fixed at 289.

In this new Assembly, the opposition was therefore placed in a position of strength, although it was very strong. egraves divided. The left had started to fight. this 16th legislature of the Fifth Republic with 141 seats in the Chamber, thanks to a historic coalition, the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes). The National Rally had never been held before. as powerful for its part à the Assembly, with 89 deputies. The Republicans, on the other hand, had signed a clear decline compared to &agrav; the previous legislature, going from 101 é 62 seats.$

Among the 577 outgoing MPs, 533 are currently running for re-election. It is therefore a match of outgoing candidates against new candidates which begins. Here is the list of deputies who made up the National Assembly, intended for be significantly renewed.

 

Among the highlights of the 16th legislature which officially began on June 28, 2022, the National Assembly had é elected its first female president, Yaël Braun-Pivet. Six vice-presidents had been appointed. over the following days, two of which were from the majority presidential election, two from Nupes and two from the National Rally. The majority presidential office had also obtained two positions of quaestors, the last having gone to the deputy LR Eric Ciotti. Of the eight permanent committees of the Assembly, seven had logically found the right to do so. their presidents from among the deputies of the majority coalition. The eighth, the coveted Finance Committee, which is traditionally chaired by a member of Parliament. of the opposition, had elected to his head the deputy of rebellious France.

Teilor Stone

By Teilor Stone

Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116