In France, voting began in early elections to the National Assembly (lower house of parliament).
In France, 49.5 million voters.
The French parliament consists of 577 deputies who are elected for a period of five years.
Polling stations opened at 08:00 local time and will work until 18:00.
candidates who scored at least 12.5% of the vote in the first round will be able to take part in the second round, which is scheduled for July 7.
In order to have an vast majority in parliament, a political party needs to get 289 mandates.
The struggle for deputy mandates is conducted by the Center Presidential Coalition, the right “national association” and the left “New Popular Front”.
The elections in the European Parliament in France ended with a convincing victory of the extreme right -right party Marine Le Pen “National Association”. After the publication of the voting results, the French president announced the dissolution of the National Assembly and appointed early elections. The vote will take place on June 30 (first tour) and July 7 (second round).