The first exit polls for the French parliamentary elections show a duel between Macron and Mélenchon.
Both Macron's and Mélenchon's parties receive 25.2% each, while 19.10%
is the share of Le Pen's far-right National Rally and 11.10% of the right-wing Republicans.
In terms of seats, Macron's party is estimated to secure between 270 and 310, the left-wing Alliance between 170 and 220, the far-right between 33 and 53 seats and the Republicans between 15 and 30.
The first round of the parliamentary elections in France was marked by a record abstention rate, estimated at 52.8%.
According to another exit poll, by the French-speaking Belgian newspaper Le Libre, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has a small lead over Emmanuel Macron. The left-wing leader managed to rally the parties of the left, the Socialists and the Greens into the New Popular, Ecological and Socialist Unity (NUPES) and to gain 25.7% of the vote against Emmanuel Macron's Ensemble! (Together!) alliance, which has 25%.
The far-right Marine Le Pen's share of the vote is estimated at 19.3%.
The third polling institute gives Macron a victory with 26.4% ahead of Nupes. The three institutes give the National Rally 19.3%, 19.8% and 18.5% while the Republicans secure between 11% and 14%.
Turnout at the polls was, according to the French newspaper Le Monde, just 47.2% - the lowest since 1958.
Source: Proto Thema
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