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President: Emmanuel Macron (LREM) · Prime Minister: Élisabeth Borne (LREM) · Governing parties: LREM, MoDem, AGIR, HORIZONS
Legislative elections: National Assembly, 5-year term, 577 seats, FPTP (TRS):

Party 2022 2017
La République en Marche (LREM)
The Republic Onwards
Liberalism  
  
25,8% 245 28,2% 308
Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem)
Democratic Movement
Centrism
  
4,1% 42
Agir - La Droite Constructive (AGIR)
Act - The Constructive Right
Conservative liberalism
  
- -
Horizons (HORIZONS)
Horizons
Liberal conservatism
  
- -
La France Insoumise (FI)
Indomitable France
Democratic socialism  
Eco-socialism
Anti-globalisation politics
25,7% 131 11,0% 17
Parti Socialiste (PS)
Socialist Party
Social democracy
     
7,4% 29
Europe Écologie Les Verts (EELV)
Europe Ecology The Greens
Green politics
   
4,3% 1
Parti Communiste Français (PCF)
French Communist Party
Communism
  
2,7% 10
Rassemblement National (RN)
National Rally
Right-wing populism
National conservatism
18,7% 89 13,2% 8
Les Républicains (LR)
The Republicans
Liberal conservatism
Gaullism
10,4% 61 15,8% 113
Debout la France (DLF)
France Arise
Gaullism
National conservatism  
1,1% 1 1,2% 1
Union des Démocrates et Indépendants (UDI)
Union of Democrats and Independents
Liberalism
  
0,9% 3 3,0% 18
Parti Radical de Gauche (PRG)
Radical Party of the Left
Social liberalism
  
0,6% 1 0,5% 3
Others/Miscellaneous Left (DVG)/Miscellaneous Right (DVD) 11,4% 46 4,2% 27
Total - 577 - 577
Turnout (1st) 47,5% 48,7%

 © 2022 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Ministère de l'Intérieur (http://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr).

Archive: Legislative elections, 1993-2017 ( For full coverage, 1945-present, click here):

1993 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017
LREM % - - - - - 28,2
  S. - - - - - 308
LR (RPR, UMP) % 20,4 15,7 33,3 39,5 27,1 15,8
  S. 242 139 358 313 194 113
FN % 12,4 14,9 11,3 4,3 13,6 13,2
  S. - 1 - - 2 8
FI (PG) % - - - - FG 11,0
  S. - - - - ... 17
PS % 17,6 23,5 24,1 24,7 29,4 7,4
  S. 53 255 140 186 280 29
EELV (LV) % 4,1 6,8 4,5 3,3 5,5 4,3
  S. - 7 3 4 17 1
MoDem (UDF) % 19,1 14,2 4,9 7,6 1,8 4,1
  S. 207 112 27 3 2 42
UDI % - - - - - 3,0
  S. - - - - - 18
PCF % 9,2 9,9 4,8 4,3 FG 2,7
  S. 24 35 21 15 ... 10
DLF % - - - - DVD 1,2
  S. - - - - (2) 1
PRG (MRG, ...) %  0,9  1,4  1,5 1,3 1,7 0,5
  S.  6  12 7 7 12 3
MRC (MDC, ...) % - 1,0 1,2 PS PS DVG
  S. - 7 - ... ... (1)
PR % - - - - 1,2 UDI
  S. - - - - 6 ...
NC % - - - 2,4 2,2 UDI
  S. - - - 22 12 ...
FG % - - - - 6,9 -
  S. - - - - 10 -
MPF (...) % - 2,4 0,8 1,2 0,5 -
  S. - 2 1 1 1 -
Others/DVD/DVG % 16,3 10,2 13,6 11,4 10,1 8,6
  S. 44 7 20 26 43 27
Total S. 577 577 577 577 577 577
Turnout % 68,9 68,0 62,4 60,2 57,2 48,7

Abbreviations: LREM: The Republic Onwards; LR: The Republicans (1993-1997: Rally for the Republic, RPR; 2002: Union for the Presidential Majority, UMP; 2007-2012: Union for a Popular Movement, UMP); FN: National Front; FI: Indomitable France (2012: Left Party, PG); PS: Socialist Party; EELV: Europe Ecology The Greens (1993-2007: The Greens, LV); MoDem: Democratic Movement (1993-1997: Union for the French Democracy, UDF; 2002: New UDF, UDF; 2007: UDF-Democratic Movement, UDF); UDI: Union of Democrats and Independents; PCF: French Communist Party; DLF: France Arise (2012: Republic Arise, DLR); PRG: Radical Party of the Left (1997: Radical-Socialist Party, PRS); MRC: Citizen and Republican Movement (1997: Democratic Citizens' Movement, MDC, 2002: Republican Pole, PR); PR: Radical Party; NC: New Centre; FG: Left Front; MPF: Movement for France (1997: Independent Right, LDI); DVD: Diverse Right; DVG: Diverse Left. © 2022 Wolfram Nordsieck.