The French were called to the polls on Sunday, June 30, to elect their deputies in early legislative elections. This vote followed the decision of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly on June 9, following the European elections that had placed the National Rally in the lead. The first estimates were released at 8 p.m. and were widely discussed on television. TF1, France 2 et France 3 had planned to go into a special edition for the occasion.
TF1 domine le service public
With 5.6 million viewers (22.5% audience share) between 7:59 p.m. and 9:38 p.m., it was election night TF1 , piloted by Anne-Claire Coudray and Gilles Bouleau, which was the most followed. The two journalists were on air between 7:30 p.m. and 9:40 p.m., before the channel broadcast Les Bronzés 3: Friends for Life. In second place, we find the election night of France 2 presented by Anne-Sophie Lapix and Laurent Delahousse.
The public service had, unlike TF1, decided to devote all its prime time to political news. From 7:53 p.m. and until 9:47 p.m., France 2 brought together 5.1 million curious viewers according to Médiamétrie (21.1% audience share), a little less than the front page. France 3 also offered a political analysis: 1.59 million viewers responded.
Note that on the side of the continuous news channels, the election night of BFMTVhosted by Apolline de Malherbe and Maxime Switek, placed first with an average of 1.14 million viewers (5.8% of the public) between 5:58 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. The channel therefore did better than CNews : the evening hosted by Laurence Ferrari and Pierre de Vilno attracted 1.04 million viewers between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Finally, LCI gathered 461,000 viewers, ahead of - (317,000 viewers).
For those who didn’t want to talk politics last night, there was the sport option: M6 broadcast the round of 16 of the Euro football championship, which pitted Georgia against Spain. No less than 3.65 million viewers watched La Roja’s victory, four goals to one. An audience obviously very far from the successes of the first two matches of the Blues, which brought together 11.2 then 10.2 million curious people. This Monday, July 1, Kylian Mbappé’s team will face Belgium, from 6 p.m., in the round of 16. A meeting to follow live on TF1 et BeIN Sports 1.
