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France goes to the polls in two-phases to elect members to the lower-House, the National Assembly. The first phase of election is being held today.
The second phase of elections will be held next Sunday to determine the course of French Government and politics. The Presidential contest held last month casts shadow on the elections and will decide who will rule for the five years to come. President Emmanuel Macron won the election and leads a party with no MPs and seeks a similar upheaval in France’s National Assembly to push through the changes he promised.
There are 577 seats in the lower-house National Assembly and a minimum of 289 seats is required to secure an absolute majority.
A total of 7,882 candidates are standing nationwide in a process expected to produce a thorough overhaul of the National Assembly as more than 200 of the outgoing MPs are not seeking re-election.