National Rally makes major gains, projections show
Instead, it was Marine Le Pen of the National Rally who was celebrating a massive victory, according to an early IPSOS poll.
Its 89 seats will turn them into a serious parliamentary group capable of challenging the government at every opportunity.
The far-right party did far better in Sunday's election than five years ago, when it won just eight seats when it was called the National Front.
It followed the second and final round of a nationwide election on Sunday in which 577 places in the Paris National Assembly were chosen.
