As French citizens get set to vote in runoff parliamentary elections on Sunday hundreds of contenders have bowed out in an effort to block the far-right party from the gates of power. Over 200 ...

The populist, anti-immigration National Rally party had been hoping to install France’s first far-right government since World War II, with 28-year-old Jordan Bardella as prime minister.

Under France’s election protocol, in seats where there is no clear majority in the first round, candidates with at least 12.5% of the vote can stand in the second round.

Posters with images or names of local candidates for the first round of the 2024 French legislative elections displayed in front of the local town hall in Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Normandy, France ...

France awards seats to candidates who get the most ballots in each district. That means there will be 577 separate races, each with local dynamics and quirks. Image ...

French election results to force compromise and consensus. Three major political blocs emerged from the elections — yet none of them is close to the majority of at least 289 seats out of 577 ...

Candidates in France are racing to register for an early parliamentary election before a deadline expires to take part in a vote that's redrawing the country's political landscape.

France’s July 7 election could see the country’s nationalist, anti-immigrant party achieve a majority, ... France awards seats to candidates who get the most ballots in each district.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron leave the voting booth before voting for the second round of the legislative elections in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, northern France ...

French Far-left presidential candidate for the 2022 election Jean-Luc Melenchon gestures as he speaks during a meeting in Nantes, western France, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022.

French election projections show voters punishing Macron’s centrists, boosting far right. Snap legislative elections could end French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist political experiment ...

Regional elections in France this June will indicate the relative strength of the country's political parties ahead of next year's presidential election. The far right appears to be gaining.