French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble alliance has lost its majority in parliamentary elections as the far-right National Rally and left-wing parties made big gains.
Final results showed Mr Macron’s candidates winning 245 seats - much less than the 289 required to have a straight majority at the National Assembly, France’s most powerful house of parliament.
The situation, described as “unprecedented” by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, is expected to make Mr Macron’s political manoeuvring difficult.
A new coalition, made up of the hard left, the Socialists and the Greens, became the main opposition force with 131 seats.
National Rally registered a huge surge with 89 seats. Polling was held nationwide to select the 577 members of the National Assembly.
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