Are we going again towards a record abstention for this first round of the legislative elections? In any case, this is what the trend suggested at 5 p.m. Three hours before the closing of polling stations in major cities, the turnout stood at 39.42% at 5 p.m., according to data provided by the Ministry of the Interior. It was 40.75% in 2017, a drop of 1.33 points.
Click on the department of your choice to discover the participation rate at 5 p.m.
52.37% of voters had gone to the polls in the Lot at 5 p.m., making it the department where the most votes were cast. Next come Pyrénées-Atlantiques (50.42%) and Haute-Vienne (48.81%).
Seine-Saint-Denis is the department where voters traveled the least, with 27.72% of voters. Val-d’Oise (32.04%) and Moselle (32.41%) follow. In Paris, it is 36.57%.
18.43% turnout at noon
At noon, the turnout stood at 18.43%, according to figures provided by the Ministry of the Interior. A drop of 0.8 points compared to 2017 (19.24% participation at the same time five years ago). Consult our map below to find out the proportion of voters who went to the polls in your department.
At midday, it was in the departments of Île-de-France that the participation was the lowest, Seine-Saint-Denis in the lead with 9.85% of voters who had gone to the polls at this hour. This is followed by Val-de-Marne (12.12%) and Paris (12.26%). A usual low performance at midday, Ile-de-France residents tending to come late to the polling stations.
Conversely, Lot (27.8%), Cantal (26.35%) and Jura (25.69%) are the three departments where the participation rate was the highest at 12 p.m.
This Sunday, more than 45 million voters are called to the polls. They will decide between the nearly 6,300 candidates who are running for one of the 577 seats in the National Assembly.