French Prime Minister Elected Member of the National Assembly for Calvados

The Eiffel Tower in Paris. File photoPARIS, Jun 19 French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born has been elected as a member of the National Assembly from the department of Calvados in the second round of parliamentary elections, which means that she will retain her post as head of government, TF1 reports. On Sunday, France held the second round of elections to the National Assembly of the country (lower house of parliament). The turnout as of 17.00 local time (18.00 Moscow time) was 38.11%. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, after processing 58% of the ballots, the coalition of French President Emmanuel Macron «Together!» leading with 35% of the vote, Jean-Luc Mélenchon's left-wing «New People's Ecological and Social Union» (Nupes) received 25.51%, in third place is Marine Le Pen's National Rally party with 22.38% of the vote. According to preliminary data channel, Bourne won 52.3% of the vote in the second round of parliamentary elections. Thus, for the first time, she will take the place of a deputy in the National Assembly of France. This means that Bourne will retain the seat of the head of the French government.