France begins voting in second round of parliamentary election

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Voting stations opened in France on Sunday for the second round of parliamentary elections, with opinion polls indicating President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Republic on the Move party is likely to win a massive majority in the lower house.

Voting turnout had reached 17.75 percent by midday local time (10 a.m. GMT), the interior ministry said on Sunday.

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) leaves after voting at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on June 18, 2017./VCG Photo

The figure was well below the 21.41 percent recorded at the same time of the day during the second-round ballot in 2012 and 22.89 percent in 2007.

The midday turnout is at its lowest for the second round of a parliamentary election since at least 1997, according to historical data given on the Interior Ministry website.

(Source: Reuters)

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