2012 French legislative election

2012 French legislative election

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All 577 seats in 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   Leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon Marine Le Pen Party FG FN Leader since 18 November 2008 16 January 2011 Leader's seat None (stood in Pas-de-Calais's 11th) none (stood in Pas-de-Calais's 11th) Last election 18 seats 0 seats Seats won 10 2 Seat change 8 2 1st round % and swing 1,793,192 6.91% 2.62% 3,528,663 13.60% 9.31% 2nd round % and swing 249,498 1.08% 0.55% 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

Legislative elections were held in France 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 presidential election run-off held on 6 May.^[1][2]

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.