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The French legislative elections took place on 9 June and 16 June 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic in a context of political crisis.The Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin announced his political retirement after his elimination at the first round of the 2002 French presidential election. President Jacques Chirac was easily reelected all the Republican parties having called to block far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen.
