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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ living abroad voted very differently to people in France, voting data reveals, favouring President Macron’s Renaissance party and the left-wing Socialists far ahead of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN).

The RN won a historic election victory in the European Parliament elections in France on Sunday, prompting President Macron to dissolve parliament and call snap legislative elections. 

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Some 31.7% of people who voted in France voted for the RN, double the vote of President Macron’s Renaissance (14.9%) and the Socialist party (14.2%).

How did Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ in London vote?

Among the over 120,000 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ who voted in London, the main candidate on Renaissance’s list, Valérie Hayer, won, with 28.82%, followed by Socialist candidate Raphaël Glucksmann, with 21.93%. 

The vote was flipped in Brussels, where over 90,000 French voters put Glucksmann in first place, with 21.15%, and Hayer close behind on 20.4%. 

How did Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ abroad vote?

Despite his resounding victory in France, the RN’s Jordan Bardella could only muster fifth place among Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ living abroad, or 8.3% of votes. 

Hayer, of Renaissance, came first in the general vote of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ living abroad, with 21.99%, followed by Glucksmann, on 18.76%. Manon Aubry, who topped the list for far-left La France Insoumise (LFI), got 13.89% and Green candidate Marie Toussaint got 12.18%. 

In Montreal, with almost 75,000 French voters, Socialist Glucksmann came first, on 22.22%, followed by LFI’s Manon Aubry, on 20.68%, 

One place where the RN’s Bardella did triumph was Moscow, where he won 24.9% – 398 people voted, among the 2,000 registered, according to . Bardella was followed by the sovereignist parties of François Asselineau, which have called for ‘Frexit’.