Paris. File photoPARIS, Jun 19Polling stations opened for voting in the second round of elections for the French National Assembly (lower house of parliament) on Sunday at 8 am local time (9.00 Moscow time). On this day, 577 deputies of the National Assembly will be elected for a five-year term. In the second round, candidates for a seat in parliament need only obtain a simple majority of the votes.Macron's coalition beat Mélenchon's leftist alliance in the first round of elections In the regions, polling stations will close at 18.00, in large cities at 20.00 local time (21.00 Moscow time). The first preliminary results will be announced immediately by exit polls. The counting of votes usually takes place quickly, and the official results will be clear in the evening of the same day or on Monday night. 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. Kyiv with an attempt to influence the elections in FranceIn the second round of the parliamentary elections, the main struggle will unfold between the presidential coalition «Together!» and a coalition of the left led by Mélenchon. According to the results of the first round, which took place on June 12, the coalition «Together!» received 25.71%, the left-wing «New People's Ecological and Social Union» (Nupes) of Mélenchon — 25.61%. Poll data on the eve of the second round gave the first from 255 to 295 seats, the left — 150-200 seats. To control the chamber, you need to have 289 seats. The first round of the parliamentary elections in France was held with a low turnout: according to the French Ministry of Internal Affairs, 39.42% of voters came to the polling stations.
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