According to the first projections of the Ifop institute, published by Le Figaro at the close of the polls, the presidential coalition Ensemble! of Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron would only get between 210 and 250 seats, while the absolute majority is set at 289. The new ecological and social popular union of the left (Nupes) would have obtained between 150 and 180 seats, while the Rassemblement National of Marine Le Pen between 80 and 100, in large growth.
Therefore, according to the most accredited prjections, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, does not have an absolute majority in the National Assembly. To say this are hour after hour the first results of the second round of the legislative elections also disseminated by Bfm TV. a hard defeat for the tenant of the Elysée, re-elected president in April. This is also confirmed by the results disclosed by the website of the Belgian newspaper Le Soir, when in France the polls are still open in the big cities.
This is a bit of the mix of exit polls main French survey institutesi, which the French media could not yet publish, unlike the Belgian ones. Marine Le Pen could have nearly 100 seats, thus achieving a historic result. The abstention rate is 54% according to the first projections.