Exit poll shows surprise win for leftwing alliance in French election
- The left-wing New Popular Front coalition is projected to win the most seats in the French parliamentary elections' second round, with 172-192 seats expected in the National Assembly.
- Leftist leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon hails the results as a significant victory and calls for the prime minister to resign.
- President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance is predicted to finish second, with the far-right National Rally coming in third despite expectations.
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France's leftists take most seats in election
France faced potential political deadlock after elections on Sunday threw up a hung parliament, with a leftist alliance unexpectedly taking the top spot but no group winning a majority. Voters delivered a major setback for Marine Le Pen’s nationalist, eurosceptic National Rally (RN), which opinion polls had predicted would win the second-round ballot but ended up in the third spot, according to pollsters’ projections. The results were also a blo…
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France election: Blow for Le Pen's far-right national party as voters deliver win for the left, exit poll shows
"We saved the Republic," says the leader of left-wing party France Unbowed. But National Rally's Jordan Bardella says the country has been "thrown into the arms of the extreme left".
The left-wing alliance New Popular Front will surprisingly lead in the second round of the French parliamentary elections, predicts an exit poll that appeared immediately after the ballot boxes closed.
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