Parliamentary elections

Verified 17 juin 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

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In general elections, french voters registered to vote elect members of parliament.

You can check your registration on the electoral roll:

Verify your voter registration and polling station

If you are not already registered, you must make the request. But you have to meet a deadline, which varies depending on you vote in France or that you vote from the foreigner.

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In the metropolis

For the 2024 parliamentary elections, you can vote on June 30 (1er tower) and 7 july (2d tower):

You can check your polling station and proxy using this online service:

Verify your voter registration and polling station

FYI  

The polling station is open from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm (local legal hours), with exceptions.

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, French Polynesia, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

For the 2024 parliamentary elections, you can vote on June 29 (1er tower) and 6 july (2d tower):

You can check your polling station and proxy using this online service:

Verify your voter registration and polling station

FYI  

The polling station is open from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm (local legal hours), with exceptions.

In Reunion, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna

For the 2024 general election, you can vote on June 30 (1er tower) and 7 july (2d tower):

You can check your polling station and proxy using this online service:

Verify your voter registration and polling station

FYI  

The polling station is open from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm (local legal hours), with exceptions.

From the Americas and Caribbean

For parliamentary elections 2024, you can vote:

Warning  

It is not possible to vote by correspondence in the 2024 general election.

From the rest of the world

For parliamentary elections 2024, you can vote:

Warning  

It is not possible to vote by correspondence in the 2024 general election.

Members shall be elected by direct universal suffrage, by 2-round majority vote and by constituencies.

On the 1st round

To be elected on 1er in turn, a candidate must obtain:

  • More than 50% of votes cast
  • And a number of votes at least equal to 25% the number of registered voters.

If no candidate is elected on 1er tower, a 2d tour is organized a week later.

In the second round

Only certain candidates can apply at 2d tower:

  • The 2 candidates who came out on top
  • Subsequent candidates, provided that they have obtained a number of votes at least equal to 12.5% the number of registered voters.

At 2d In turn, the candidate with the highest number of votes is elected. In the event of a tie, the oldest of the candidates is elected.

The term of office of the deputies is 5 years (unless the National Assembly is dissolved).

On 9 June 2024, the Head of State announced the dissolution of the National Assembly.

The next parliamentary elections will be held on June 29 and 30, 2024 for the 1er tour, and 6 and 7 july 2024 for the 2d tower.