Voting in the French parliamentary elections. File photoMOSCOW, June 13Leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon's «New People's Ecological and Social Union» (Nupes) closes the gap with French President Emmanuel Macron's «Together!» in the first round of elections to the French parliament to 0.56 percent, according to the data of the French Ministry of the Interior after processing 95 percent of the vote. In third place is Marine Le Pen's «National Rally» with 19.32 percent of the vote. To enter the second round, the association had to win at least 12.5 percent of the votes of registered voters in its constituency. The second round will take place on June 19. A simple majority of votes is enough to win. According to the results, 577 deputies of the National Assembly (lower house of parliament) will be elected for a period of five years. the presidential coalition «Together!» (Ensemble!), uniting the Renaissance party founded by Macron (previously called Forward, Republic!), the center party Democratic Movement and the center-right parties Horizons and Act. 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. Far-right parties also take part in the vote » National Rally» by Marine Le Pen and «The Reconquest» by Eric Zemmour.
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