Mélenchon suspected the French Interior Ministry of manipulating the parliamentary elections

French presidential candidate, leader of the Defiant France movement Jean-Luc Mélenchon . File photoPARIS, Jun 13Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of the left-wing France Insubordinate party, whose New People's Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) came second in the first round of France's parliamentary elections, suspected interior minister Gérald Darmanin of electoral manipulation. Earlier on Monday it was reported that, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country, the coalition of French President Emmanuel Macron «Together!» in the first round of parliamentary elections, it receives 25.71%, the leftist «New People's Ecological and Social Union» (Nupes) Jean-Luc Mélenchon — 25.61%. .jpg» />France has «entered a war economy,» said Macron «Now there are doubts about what Mr. Darmanin does with the results … I have always trusted, and now we have great doubts about what they are able to do in order to manipulate the results,» Mélenchon told reporters. The video of his speech was broadcast on the BFMTV channel. According to a statement on the website of the Unsubdued France party, in the data from the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, candidates who the union singled out or officially supported were removed from the Nupes election result. The party added that if Nupes wins, there will be created «a real independent electoral body, free from the dishonest methods of Minister Darmanin.» On Sunday, the first round of elections to the National Assembly of the country (the lower house of parliament) was held in France. Polling stations in the regions have completed their work. According to the local Ministry of Internal Affairs, the turnout at 17:00 local time (18:00 Moscow time) was 39.42%. The presidential coalition «Together!» (Ensemble!), which unites the Renaissance party founded by French President Emmanuel Macron (previously called Forward, Republic!), the center party Democratic Movement and the centre-right parties Horizons and Act. Also participating in the elections is the left-wing coalition New People's Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), which includes Jean-Luc Mélenchon's Unsubdued France, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party and the Europe-Ecology-Greens party. The far-right parties Marine Le Pen's National Rally and Eric Zemmour's Reconquest also take part in the vote.