2012 French Legislative Election
10 and 17 June 2012 · The Fifth Republic · 577 seats, 289 for a majority
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.
Prime Minister before
Jean-Marc Ayrault
PS
Prime Minister (continued)
Jean-Marc Ayrault
PS
Largest force
PS
280 of 577 seats
Turnout
57.2%
The result
PS
Jean-Marc Ayrault · +94 seats
280
seats
UMP
Jean-François Copé · -119 seats
194
seats
EELV
Cécile Duflot · +13 seats
17
seats
FG
Jean-Luc Mélenchon · -8 seats
10
seats
FN
Marine Le Pen · +2 seats
2
seats
74 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.