ANKARA, July 19 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- French lawmakers elected Yael Braun-Pivet, a centrist candidate from President Emmanuel Macron’s party, as Speaker of the National Assembly, or lower house of parliament, for a second term on Thursday.
The election took place as members of parliament gathered for the first time after snap parliamentary elections.
Three rounds of voting were held, and Braun-Pivet secured a relative majority of 220 votes, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.
She beat left-wing candidate Andre Chassaigne, who received 207 votes, and centre-right candidate Sebastien Chenu, who garnered 141 votes.
A member of the central bloc backed by Macron, Braun-Pivet faced significant criticism from left-wing politicians.
The political climate in France remains tense and divided, with parties, particularly the left-wing alliance, disputing the prime ministry.
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Paris earlier on Thursday to urge Macron to nominate a prime minister from the left-wing alliance.
Protesters aim to pressure Macron to nominate a left-wing prime minister as soon as possible.
Macron on Tuesday accepted Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s resignation following snap election results, after initially rejecting it on July 8.
The National Assembly has 577 seats, and none of the three primary alliances were able to win an absolute majority of 289 lawmakers.
The first round was held on June 30, with 76 candidates elected without needing a second round.
Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) received 29.26 per cent of the vote alone (37 seats), a figure that rose to more than 33 per cent when combined with its allies.
The NFP obtained 28.06 per cent (32 seats), followed by the centrist Together for the Republic with slightly over 20.04 per cent (two seats).
Macron dissolved parliament and announced early elections after the RN won more than 31 per cent of the vote in the European Parliament elections on June 9, defeating his centrist bloc.
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