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The initial results for the first round of France's parliamentary elections point to a mammoth majority for President Emmanuel Macron's Republique en Marche party.
Emmanuel Macron's new party was on course to win an overwhelming majority in parliament according to initial results on Sunday evening.
Macron party scored 32.2-32.9 percent in the first-round parliamentary vote, initial projections said, compared to 20.9 percent for the right wing Republicans party, 13. percent for Marine Le Pen's National Front, 11 percent for the far left France Unbowed (France Insoumise), led by Jean-Luc Melenchon and only 9 percent for France's Socialist party and its allies.
We won't know how many seats Republique en Marche will obtain until next Sunday's second round vote, but early projections by pollsters Elabe suggest Macron's could end up with as many as 445 seats in the 577 seat parliament.
That would easily break all previous records.
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The Republicans and the UDI could end up with 95 to 132 seats.
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The National Front could end up with only 2 to 5 seats.
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The Unbowed France and the communist party could end up with 13 to 23 seats.
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Socialist Party and their allies could end up with 15 to 25 seats.