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France's loose alliance of left-wing parties is on track to become the largest parliamentary bloc and overtake the far right, according to projections.
France's leftist New Popular Front coalition has won the most seats in the second round of parliamentary elections, according to leading pollsters.
Sunday's vote puts the party on course for an unexpected victory over the far-right National Rally (RN) party, though it is far from an absolute majority in parliament.
An IFOP estimate for broadcaster TF1 said the New Popular Front could win between 180 and 215 seats in parliament in the second round of voting, while an Ipsos poll for France TV projected between 172 and 215 seats for the left-wing bloc.
An Opinionway poll for C News TV said the New Popular Front would win between 180 and 210 seats, while an Elabe poll for BFM TV projected a range of 175 to 205 seats for them.
President Emmanuel Macron's centrist bloc is slightly ahead of Marine Le Pen's RN party in the battle for second place, according to these polls.
Two hundred and eighty-nine seats are needed to obtain an absolute majority in the National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament.
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