French election result: Left-wing coalition wins most seats in upset

Published July 7, 2024 2:53pm ET



French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble alliance is projected to fall out of the majority in power, but voters shocked pollsters with a rebuke of Marine Le Pen’s right-wing National Rally.

Although final results are not expected until Sunday evening, it appears as though there will be a bitter power struggle between France’s left and right wings and the president’s centrists. National Rally did greatly improve its standing in parliament, boosting the number of seats it holds, but it underperformed expectations it would roar to victory.

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