Macron's bloc won the first round of elections in France by a minimal margin. Second place goes to the left
On June 12, the first round of parliamentary elections took place in France. The Together coalition, led by President Macron, leads the race by a narrow margin, gaining 25,65% of the vote.
This was reported by Reuters based on data from the sites.
The government party was only 0,09% ahead of the New People's Ecological and Social Union, which took second place in terms of the number of mandates, led by leftist leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Marine Le Pen's National Rally party took third place with 18,67% of the votes. For the far right, such results are a definite loss.
“Together”, the left “New People’s Ecological and Social Union” and the far-right “National Rally” entered the second round. Other parties do not advance to the second round because they did not receive the required minimum of 12,5% of the votes. 
As reported, low turnout for elections is being recorded this year. More than half of voters (52,48%) ignored the vote.
Observers note that due to the peculiarities of the French system of parliamentary elections, the balance of power following the results of the second round may change.
In particular, the main institutions of public opinion said that although Marcon's alliance is well positioned to win the most seats by a wide margin, the president could still lose control of parliament in the final round of voting and France would move to the left.
For the French president, the results of parliamentary elections are decisive: he gains full power only if his party has a majority in the National Assembly. Otherwise, the head of state has to appoint a prime minister and government from the parliamentary majority that opposes him.
If you find an error, please select a piece of text and press Ctrl + Enter.
Thank you!
Now the editors are aware.