Marine Le Pen's triumph: National rally leads France's parliamentary polls
National Rally, from which Marine Le Pen originates, secured the most votes in France's first round of parliamentary elections. The right-wing party received 34.2% of the votes. The broad left-wing coalition, New People's Front, received 29.1% of the votes. In third place was Emmanuel Macron's centrist party, Renaissance, with 21.5%.
According to the Ifop-Opinion exit poll for TF1 television, the National Rally won the first round of French parliamentary elections. The party of Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen received 34.2% of the votes.
New People's Front, a broad alliance of left-wing groups, including the Socialist Party, Unsubmissive France, and communists, received 29.1% of the votes. Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance was in third place, with 21.5% of the votes.
The right-wing Republicans received 10% of the votes, according to the exit poll.
The Ifop exit poll shows that National Rally can expect 240-270 seats. The left can receive 180-200 deputies, and Renaissance 60-90. The Republicans may have 30-50 seats, and other groups 13-21. A majority in the National Assembly (parliament) requires 289 seats.
Second exit poll
Ipsos conducted another exit poll. According to it, National Rally received 34% of the votes, New People's Front 28.1%, Renaissance 20.3%, and Republicans 10.2%.
Based on Ipsos' results, it is estimated that Le Pen's party could have 230-280 seats. The left could secure 125-165 deputies, Macron's party 70-100, and Republicans 41-61.
A candidate in France wins a mandate if they obtain a majority of votes in the first round with a turnout exceeding 25%. Usually, a second round occurs in constituencies where those who received over 12.5% of the votes in the first round compete. The second round of parliamentary elections in France will occur on 7 July.
The elections are early. President Emmanuel Macron decided to organise them after his party's defeat in the European Parliament elections. National Rally achieved the highest result in almost the entire country—except for Paris and a few overseas territories.
