France to hold 1st round of Snap Parliamentary elections

Paris, June 30 : Voters will go to the polls in France on Sunday to elect members of the lower house, dissolved by President Emmanuel Macron earlier this month following the loss of his majority-holding centrist coalition to the right-wing National Rally in European Parliament elections.

The National Rally party, the coalition of France’s left-wing parties dubbed the Popular Front and Macron’s centrist coalition are the main contenders for the seats in the parliament. Some 35% of people in France are planning to vote for the National Rally, 26% for the Popular Front and 19% for Macron’s coalition, according to a poll by the French Institute of Public Opinion conducted from June 13-14. (Agencies)

 

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