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Summary
- France's far-right Rassemblement Nationale (RN) failed to win a majority in the parliamentary elections, according to exit polls, contradicting many political observers. Expectations
- Initial forecasts point to a victory for the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) alliance.
- RN leader Jordan Bardella said France had been "stripped" of its rights; of a national rally victory and was heading towards "uncertainty and instability";
- President Macron is analyzing the results, the Elysée Palace said in a statement, and is not expected to comment this evening.
- This was the second round of France's early parliamentary elections, which Macron suddenly called a month ago.
- After the National Rally did well in the first round last week, left-wing or centrist candidates withdrew from the race in many places, a tactical move to concentrate the anti-RN vote on a single candidate.
- The election took place in a tense atmosphere, with 30,000 police deployed across France.
- The picture is becoming clearer as the actual results come in.
Watch;
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Edited by Laura Gozzi and Tiffany Wertheimer
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