Watch live:Early projections show surprise lead for France

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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.

 
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