Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party will get the biggest vote share in the first round of France's parliamentary elections, according to exit polls. As polls closed on the first round of voting on Sunday, National Rally had a strong lead at 33%, followed by the left-wing New Popular Front coalition on 28.5%. President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party are polling third with an estimated 22%.
Read moreWho are National Rally? France has a semi-presidential system - these elections are for the 577 seats in the National Assembly. Mr Macron is the president and was elected in a separate presidential vote. The system means there is both a president and prime minister - who have separate powers. Mr Macron called an early parliamentary election after his Renaissance party was decimated by Ms Le Pen's anti-immigration one in the European elections.
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