Same as with the presidential (essentially). If turnout is over 25% and you got over 50%, you're in. If either of those criteria aren't met the top two and any other who got over (iirr) 20% go through. This is (I presume) why Macron and the old right party should get far more seats than their first round vote indicates.How does the two round voting work with the legislative elections?
I'm not sure if I'm much clearer! is it done on a constituency basis rather than national vote?Same as with the presidential (essentially). If turnout is over 25% and you got over 50%, you're in. If either of those criteria aren't met the top two and any other who got over (iirr) 20% go through. This is (I presume) why Macron and the old right party should get far more seats than their first round vote indicates.
Yeah, 539 constituencies in France itself and 27 forI'm not sure if I'm much clearer! is it done on a constituency basis rather than national vote?
I vote in the UK colonyYeah, 539 constituencies in France itself and 27 forcoloniesoverseas departments and territories.
ohh, actually that is another separate category. 11 constituencies for french folk overseas - dubiously divided so they tend to split 9-2 for the right.I vote in the UK colony
Yeah, they generally reckon London votes right due to all the banker types. The French folk I know here are left but guess they're not bankers .ohh, actually that is another separate category. 11 constituencies for french folk overseas - dubiously divided so they tend to split 9-2 for the right.
I remember watching a French programme during the 2017 UK general election, where a politologue was trying to explain how the House of Commons comes to be. The hosts looked very perplexed.I'm not sure if I'm much clearer! is it done on a constituency basis rather than national vote?
The top two and any further candidate whose vote is equal to or greater than 12,5% of the total on the register.Same as with the presidential (essentially). If turnout is over 25% and you got over 50%, you're in. If either of those criteria aren't met the top two and any other who got over (iirr) 20% go through. This is (I presume) why Macron and the old right party should get far more seats than their first round vote indicates.
that has been the direction of travel for a while unfortunately, demagogic calling all the way, I'm just glad she didn't get the job in the last presidential election.89 seats for the FN (up from 8 seats last time)
An excellent result for them.89 seats for the FN (up from 8 seats last time)
It was a serious defeat for the French centrists, a large part of whose vote has sheared off to the far right and the true left (whom our media typically insist upon mislabelling as far left).An excellent result for them.
Frankly I've always been surprised how well the NF/RN have managed to hold together and build under a electoral system that is designed against them, plenty of other parties have crumbled. This result is a big gain and puts them ahead of the UDC/LR group (mirroring the presidential election), so they are the main right party.
A good night for NUPES too, the question is now what happens next. Still at least some of Macron's attacks on workers may be held up/frustrated.
we dont have any in the UKIf only the left leaning parties and groups here would do the same we might achieve something.
The maths gives him a majority with the Republicans. I doubt he will do any deals with National Rally. I was hoping for more from NUPES tbh. Good that Macron has lost his majority, but other than that, I don't see this as a particularly encouraging result.It was a serious defeat for the French centrists, a large part of whose vote has sheared off to the far right and the true left (whom our media typically insist upon mislabelling as far left).
The far right have gone from a handful of seats to nearly 90, whilst the true left have gained over 140 and become the main opposition. Both right and left can credibly claim these results as a success.
There are lessons to be learned here. The success of the left was built upon disparate groups, including the Greens, uniting under one banner. If only the left leaning parties and groups here would do the same we might achieve something.
Most of the far right here are voting Tory, and the Tories are nakedly appealing to these people in the hope of retaining their support, which is what their antediluvian culture wars and the Rwanda policy is all about.
As for France, Macron is now in a bind when it comes to the need to get legislation through. He has totally lost his majority and can only hope to get anything through with the support either of the left or the far right. When it comes to his war on the working class and planned attacks on welfare, he has no chance of winning support for that from the left so I fear he may try and do a deal with the far right.
It's a suggestion that imagines the Lib Dems are left leaning (lol)we dont have any in the UK
There are lessons to be learned here. The success of the left was built upon disparate groups, including the Greens, uniting under one banner. If only the left leaning parties and groups here would do the same we might achieve something.
Saw a good little story about a candidate for NUPES , a chambermaid who led a successful strike at the hotel she worked at and won her seat aginst Macrons Minister for Sport.we dont have any in the UK
The Greens and TUSC working together for a start, perhaps Galloway's lot too if his ego can handle it, along with the Socialist party. Ideally, Corbyn himself and others currently on the Labour left could come on board.Precisely, which parties/groups do you envisage forming a similar left alliance in the UK by the way?
what would The Greens gain from an electoral alliance with parties which rarely make it into triple figures?The Greens and TUSC working together for a start, perhaps Galloway's lot too if his ego can handle it, along with the Socialist party.
Nonsense. There is a Socialist party, there is TUSC, there are the Greens who at national politics level tend to have policies very similar to Labour's 2017 manifesto. There is Galloway's lot.we dont have any in the UK
Because these parties mostly take votes the Greens would get otherwise. And they do not do as badly as you claim everywhere. Where they do do that badly and the Greens do much better, the latter would benefit from them standing aside and helping the Greens.what would The Greens gain from an electoral alliance with parties which rarely make it into triple figures?
add them all together and what would you have> a party fractionally bigger than the greens are nowNonsense. There is a Socialist party, there is TUSC, there are the Greens who at national politics level tend to have policies very similar to Labour's 2017 manifesto. There is Galloway's lot.
Bollocks! I was not thinking of them. But the various left wing splinter groups - the Socialist party, TUSC, the Workers' party - along with the Greens.It's a suggestion that imagines the Lib Dems are left leaning (lol)