Since 1997, the abstention rate during the French legislative elections increased, going from around 32 percent to 52.5 percent in 2022, during the first round. However, on the 9th of June 2024, after the results of the European elections and the important score of the National Rally, France's first far-right party, President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called for legislative elections. French people showed their interest in that election, and the abstention rate fell to 33 percent in the first round, the lowest level in 27 years.
Rate of abstention in legislative elections in France between 1958 and 2024
* In 1986 there was only one round because for the first and only time in the Fifth Republic, the legislative elections were held under the proportional representation system (departmental single round), and not under the traditional majority system.
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France Info. (June 30, 2024). Rate of abstention in legislative elections in France between 1958 and 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298517/abstention-rate-parliamentary-elections-france/
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France Info. (2024). Rate of abstention in legislative elections in France between 1958 and 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298517/abstention-rate-parliamentary-elections-france/
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