Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party will get the biggest vote share in the first round of France’s parliamentary elections, according to exit polls.
As polls closed on the first round of voting on Sunday, National Rally had a strong lead at 33%, followed by the left-wing New Popular Front coalition on 28.5%.
President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party have emerged third with an estimated 22%.
France has a semi-presidential system – these elections are for the 577 seats in the National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament.
Mr Macron is the president and was elected in a separate presidential vote.
The system means there is both a president and prime minister – who have separate powers.
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Mr Macron called an early parliamentary election after his Renaissance party was decimated by Ms Le Pen’s anti-immigration one in the European elections.
Her 29-year-old protégé and party leader Jordan Bardella has enjoyed a spike in popularity, particularly among younger voters on TikTok, amid increasing discontent with Mr Macron.
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Although the two-round vote means the final result may not be totally clear until the second round of 7 July, if National Rally ends up as the largest party, Mr Macron would be compelled to make him prime minister.
The French president and prime minister have been from different political parties only three times in its history.
Source : Sky News
