France's exceptionally high-stakes election has begun. The far right leads polls

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French voters around the world are casting ballots in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election.

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron , right, meets French far-right Rassemblement National leader Marine Le Pen at the Elysee Palace on June 21, 2022 in Paris. The perspective of a defeat in parliamentary elections mean he may have to share power with a prime minister from rival political party that could possibly be far-right National Rally's president Jordan Bardella. Macron defeated twice the National Rally's leader Marine Le Pen in the presidential election, both in 2017 and 2022.

A new coalition on the left, the New Popular Front, is also posing a challenge to the pro-business Macron and his centrist alliance Together for the Republic., voting began early in France’s overseas territories, and polling stations open in mainland France at 8 a.m. Sunday. The first polling projections are expected at 8 p.m. , when the final polling stations close, and early official results are expected later Sunday night.

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