[Breitbart] The Parliamentary faction of President Emmanuel Macron has been utterly destroyed in the unexpected snap election he called just three weeks ago, with Le Pen’s Party looking to nearly treble its seat holding.Polling has closed in France for the first round of this week-long Parliamentary election. While actual seat distribution won’t be fully known, the exit polls following this knock-out round have given a confident answer that Marine Le Pen’s nationalist-populist National Rally (RN) won the day. Per the exit polls, her faction gained 34 per cent of the vote, while the left-wing coalition founded for the purpose of this election picked up 29 per cent, and President Macron’s Ensemble looks at just 20 per cent.
In terms of seats, any one party or group would need 289 seats in the 577 seat house. A series of exit polls suggest that by the end of next Sunday, RN could have as few as 250 seats, but could get as many as 310 depending on second round voting. This is a simply enormous leap for RN, given Le Pen’s party had just 88 Members of Parliament last time.
More detailed results will continue to come in overnight and into Monday. There now follows a week of further campaigning, before the final head-to-head rounds next week.
France, Elabe exit poll:
— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) June 30, 2024
Snap national parliament election (seat distribution)
RN and allies-ID: 260-310
NFP-LEFT|G/EFA|S&D: 115-145
Ensemble-RE: 90-120
LR/Divers droite-EPP: 30-50
Divers gauche-*: 10-15
Divers-*: 8-12
Sovereignist candidates-*: 0-1
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