Next French legislative election

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Next French legislative election
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  2024 By June 2029

All 577 seats in the National Assembly
289 seats needed for a majority
  Logo Nouveau Front Populaire 2024.svg Gabriel Attal 2025 (close crop).jpg
Leader Collective leadership Gabriel Attal
Alliance NFP Ensemble
Leader's seat Hauts-de-Seine's 10th
Last election193159
Seats neededIncrease2.svg 96Increase2.svg 130

  MEP Jordan Bardella.jpg Bruno Retailleau - Ministre de l'Interieur francais (cropped).jpg
Leader Jordan Bardella Bruno Retailleau
Party RN/UDR LR
Leader's seatNone [a]
Last election14239
Seats neededIncrease2.svg 147Increase2.svg 250

Incumbent Prime Minister

François Bayrou
MoDem



Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in France by 2029 to elect all 577 members of the 18th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. [1] However, given the current political crisis, a dissolution of the National Assembly is envisaged either in 2025 or in 2027 after the Presidential Election. [2] [3] [ needs update ]

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Background

Article 12 of the French Constitution grants the President of France the authority to dissolve the National Assembly after consultations with the Prime Minister and the presidents of the Assembly and the Senate. [4] Voting must be held between 20 and 40 days after the declaration of the dissolution. Since the establishment of the Fifth Republic in 1958, this article has been invoked six times by four Presidents: 1962 and 1968 by Charles de Gaulle. 1981 and 1988 by François Mitterrand. 1997 by Jacques Chirac, and most recently in 2024 by Emmanuel Macron [5]

The 2024 elections resulted in a hung parliament and a minority government led by Michel Barnier after being appointed by President Emmanuel Macron, with François Bayrou being appointed as the new prime minister in December 2024 after Barnier's government collapsed following a no-confidence vote.

The absence of a stable majority means the current government constantly lives under the threat of a vote of no confidence as well as losing parliamentary votes, leading to speculations of snap elections taking place well ahead of 2029. [6] [7] [8]

Electoral system

The 577 members of the National Assembly, known as deputies, are elected for five years by a two-round system in single-member constituencies. A candidate who receives an absolute majority of valid votes and a vote total greater than 25% of the registered electorate is elected in the first round. If no candidate reaches this threshold, a runoff election is held between the top two candidates plus any other candidate who received a vote total greater than 12.5% of registered voters. The candidate who receives the most votes in the second round is elected. [9]

Opinion polling

Opinion polling for next French legislative election
Polling firmFieldwork dateSample size EXG NFP DVG ECO ENS DVC LR DVD DLF RN and allies REC OthersLead
LFI LE PCF PS UDR RN
Ifop [10] 29 Aug–1 Sep 20251,3691%25%5%15%13%2%1.5%33%4%0.5%8%
1%11%15%4%15%13%3%1.5%32%3.5%1%17%
Elabe [11] 28–29 Aug 20251,5632%23.5%6.5%14%10.5%2.5%31.5%5%4.5%8.0%
1.5%10%16.5%5%13.5%10.5%3%31%4.5%4.5%14.5%
Elabe [12] 3–5 Jun 20251,4962%21%6.5%15.5%10%3.5%32.5%3%6%11.5%
1.5%10%16%3.5%15.5%10.5%3%33%2.5%4.5%17%
Ifop [13] 3–4 Jun 20251,3850.5%21%7%18%11%2%1%1%35%2%1.5%14%
1%11%13%4%18%11%1.5%1.5%0.5%35%2%1.5%17%
0.5%9%5%3%12%3%16%10%2%1%0.5%34%2.5%1.5%18%
Ifop [14] 5–6 Feb 20251,3771%14%13%2%15%13%1%1%1%35%3%1%21%
1.5%8%19%2.5%15%12%1%1%0.5%35%3%1.5%16%
Ministry of the Interior 30 Jun 20241.14%28.21%1.57%0.57%21.28%1.22%6.57%3.60%0.28%3.96%29.26%0.75%1.60%1.05%

Notes

References

  1. "French Legislative Election, 2029". PoliGlove.
  2. Pineau, Elizabeth (26 August 2025). "France plunges back into crisis after PM Bayrou's confidence-vote backfires". Reuters. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  3. Chrisafis, Angelique (27 August 2025). "French prime minister's confidence vote and its possible consequences". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  4. www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr http://web.archive.org/web/20250713145348/https://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/sites/default/files/as/root/bank_mm/anglais/constiution_anglais_oct2009.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Snap elections in France: How it works, precedents, and consequences". 10 June 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  6. Dupont, Laureline (26 June 2024). "Quel gouvernement après le 7 juillet ? Les trois scénarios secrets sur la table de Macron". L'Express. Archived from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  7. "What Do France's Surprise Election Results Mean for the Far Right? | Council on Foreign Relations". www.cfr.org. Retrieved 23 October 2024. ... to keep the government functioning until July 2025, the next time that general elections can be held.
  8. "National Rally bets on early election". Brussels Signal. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  9. "Elections: France National Assembly 2017 (first round)". Election Guide. International Foundation for Electoral Systems. 11 June 2017. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  10. "Les intentions de vote en cas d'élections législatives" (PDF). Ifop (in French). pp. 6, 10. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  11. "Les Français et les élections législatives" (PDF). Elabe (in French). pp. 7, 10. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  12. "Les Français et les élections législatives" (PDF). Elabe (in French). pp. 7–8. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  13. "Le regard des Français sur la dissolution du 9 juin 2024 : retour sur l'évènement et perspectives législatives en cas de nouvelles élections" (PDF). Ifop (in French). p. 27. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  14. "Current election polls from Ifop" (PDF). Current election polls from Ifop. Retrieved 25 March 2025.