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Turnout at 12:00 is 22.90%, in 2002 it was 20.79%.

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/17062007/5/legislatives-participation-de-22-90-12h.html

Of course Jerome won't be voting, as evil "air strike" Guillaume reminded him yesterday at the meetup :).

by Laurent GUERBY on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 06:22:03 AM EST
Is that because the UMP won the 16eme in the first round?

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 06:26:49 AM EST
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Yep
by Laurent GUERBY on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 06:34:56 AM EST
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Turnout at 17:00 is 49.58%, slightly above 49.26% at the same hour for first round last sunday.

Past second round turnout at 1700:

  • 2002: 46.83%
  • 1997: 58.10%

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/17062007/290/participation-de-49-58-a-17h00-au-second-tour-des.html
by Laurent GUERBY on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 11:21:25 AM EST
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An interesting graph:

(last bars are for 2007 not 2002, an error in the graph).

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/17062007/290/photo/evolution-de-l-abstention-aux-legislatives.html

I didn't know the highest turnout for legislative was in 1986 the ony were it was fully proportional and in one round (88.5% turnout).

by Laurent GUERBY on Sun Jun 17th, 2007 at 11:31:58 AM EST
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Ha !

I would have retorted earlier except I slept most of the day since I didn't have to vote in my excellent 'hood !!! I spent the rest of the day cruisin' in my H2. As for that other thing, you commies are luckier than the Irish. After I made that call to certain friends, it seems that a pizzeria in Paris, Texas, got taken out ! Geography is a b...

by Guillaume on Mon Jun 18th, 2007 at 09:00:47 AM EST
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