One hour before the closing of most polling stations, except in large cities which vote until 8 p.m., the turnout for this voting Sunday stands at 38.11%, according to the Ministry of the Interior. . This is almost three points better than the 35.33% observed five years ago in the second round of the legislative elections, but slightly lower than the level of last week, when the participation was 39.42% at this hour of torpor. Sunday.
For fifteen years, the partial participation at 5 p.m. in the second round has continued to plummet: 49.58% in 2007, 46.42% in 2012, then a terrible drop to 35.33% five years ago. .
Enough to augur a record abstention this Sunday evening at the close of offices when more than one in two voters (52.5%) abstained during the first round. This is more than in all previous legislative elections under the Fifth Republic.
This Sunday, Emmanuel Macron hopes to obtain a new majority in the Assembly, facing a united and refreshed left. The day started badly for the presidential camp with the defeat in Guadeloupe of the Secretary of State for the Sea, Justine Benin, beaten in the 2nd constituency, with 41.35% of the votes behind Christian Baptiste (DVG), supported by the Nupes, elected with 58.65%. In accordance with an unwritten rule but already applied in 2017 by Emmanuel Macron, she will have, barely named, to leave the government.
Other ministers are under threat. This is particularly the case for Amélie de Montchalin (Ecological Transition), in great danger in Essonne, as for the boss of En Marche and Minister of the Public Service, Stanislas Guerini, or even for the Minister Delegate for Europe, Clément Beaune, both in Paris. In total, they are fifteen, including Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, on the starting line.