The campaign for the legislative elections is officially launched this Monday, June 17. The towing is beginning and could arouse the interest of a good number of French people. According to a recent survey, these elections should indeed bring together a good portion of voters to the polls.
The campaign for the legislative elections is officially launched this Monday. All the candidates are known for the 577 constituencies. And it’s time to tow. Compared to the year 2022, this election should arouse the interest of a good number of voters. According to an Ifop survey published in the JDD, the participation rate is in fact estimated at 63% for the first round of the legislative elections. That is 15 points more compared to the last legislative elections.
The day after Emmanuel Macron’s announcement of the dissolution of the National Assembly, this momentum was already felt. 63,143 power of attorney requests had been validated by the Ministry of the Interior.
A historic election
If abstainers are ready to invest in this election, it is in particular following the score achieved by the National Rally during the European elections.
Some voters who did not come forward for this election intend to do so for the legislative elections, like Jade. “I blame myself a little for not having participated,” she confides at the microphone of RMC. “Given the results of the European elections, it’s true that it’s starting to scare me a little,” she adds.
The RN is also what often pushes voters to go to the polls on June 30. To “create a barrier”, first. “On Sunday evening, we always get a slap in the face, we say to ourselves ‘ah if I had known’. Perhaps I would have motivated more people to vote,” confides a voter. Others see the historical aspect of this election.
“It’s really the future of our children and our grandchildren that is at stake, so that’s why they are going to vote more,” says another.
“Unpredictable” elections
This dramatization is also what allows for a renewed interest among voters, according to Benjamin Morel. The political scientist and lecturer at Panthéon-Assas University recalls that surveys establish that most of the second rounds should be between the RN and the left.
“We see that we have a tension which is still rising on the issue of these elections and that it will only grow. The voters move when they think that there is an issue, so all that leads to over-mobilization, making this election even more illegible and unpredictable,” adds the expert.
Some personalities also do not hesitate to call for a vote, particularly in the world of sport, such as Kylian Mbappé who calls to “vote against the extremes” and the newspaper L’Equipe which publishes an article against the extreme right signed by 160 sportsmen.
The increase in participation is therefore not surprising for Anne-Charlène Bezzina, who recalls that the context of these legislative elections is particular. “We must remember that we are in elections which follow a dissolution and it is generally a period of shock. We have contexts of alliance which in some way create a form of anxiety and interest in democracy”, she analyzes.
However, it is difficult to say who would benefit from this renewed interest. The European elections have already demonstrated that the slight increase in participation had benefited the RN, but the legislative elections are different and take place in a deeply local framework. The colors of the hemicycle are therefore more than uncertain.
Lucas Lauber and Mélanie Hennebique
