[AlAhram] A record-low turnout of 33% in the first round of voting on June 20 proved particularly damaging for the National Rally and Le Pen's hopes of securing a regional breakthrough.Mainstream candidates delivered a stinging setback to La Belle France's far right in regional elections on Sunday, thwarting its hopes of winning control of a region for the first time and slowing its momentum ahead of the presidential contest next year.
The Ifop polling agency estimated that the far right National Rally accrued no more than 20% of votes nationally, trailing both the mainstream right and the combined showing of green and leftist candidates.