2012 French legislative election

Legislative elections took place on 10 and 17 June 2012 (and on other dates for small numbers of voters outside metropolitan France) to select the members of the 14th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic, a little over a month after the French presidential election run-off held on 6 May.[2][3]

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2012 French legislative election

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All 577 seats to the National Assembly 289 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	57.2% (3.2 pp) (1st round) 55.4% (1.8 pp) 2nd round)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean-Marc Ayrault Jean-François Copé Cécile Duflot Party PS UMP EELV Leader since 15 May 2012 17 November 2010 16 November 2006 Leader's seat Loire-Atlantique-3rd Seine-et-Marne-6th Paris-6th Last election 186 seats 313 seats 4 seats Seats won 280 194 17 Seat change 94 119 13 1st round % and swing 7,618,326 29.35% 4.7% 7,037,268 27.12% 16.3% 1,418,264 5.46% 2.21% 2nd round % and swing 9,420,889 40.91% 1.4% 8,740,628 37.95% 8.4% 829,036 3.60% 3.15%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Hervé Morin Jean-Michel Baylet Jean-Luc Mélenchon Party LC PRG FG Leader since 16 May 2008 28 January 1996 18 November 2008 Leader's seat Eure-3rd Did not stand[1] None (stood in Pas-de-Calais's 11th) Last election 22 seats 7 seats 18 seats Seats won 12 12 10 Seat change 10 5 8 1st round % and swing 569,897 2.20% 0.17% 428,898 1.65% 0.33% 1,793,192 6.91% 2.62% 2nd round % and swing 568,319 2.47% 1.30% 538,331 2.34% 0.71% 249,498 1.08% 0.55%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Jean-Louis Borloo Jean-Luc Laurent Marine Le Pen Party PRV MRC FN Leader since 10 December 2005 27 June 2010 16 January 2011 Leader's seat Nord-21st Val-de-Marne-10th none (stood in Pas-de-Calais's 11th) Last election 0 0 seats 0 seats Seats won 6 3 2 Seat change 6 3 2 1st round % and swing 321,054 1.24% 1.24% 152,160 0.59% 3,528,663 13.60% 9.31% 2nd round % and swing 311,211 1.35% 1.35% 152,514 0.66% 842,695 3.66% 3.58%
First round results by constituency Second round results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Jean-Marc Ayrault PS Elected Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault PS

All 577 single member seats in the assembly, including those representing overseas departments and territories and French residents overseas, were contested using a two-round system.