Shock results in French election: Who are the winners and losers in Paris?

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The far-right National Rally would see a significant rise in its seat share, Ipsos predicts, but tactical voting foiled chances of an absolute majority.

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00:00Initial projections show the French left-wing came out on top in the second round of legislative

00:09elections, set to snatch victory from the far-right in a surprise upset.

00:14Following overwhelming success in the first round of voting, the far-right were expected

00:19to succeed in the snap elections.

00:21Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the left-wing New Popular Front, described it as a beautiful

00:26moment of civic power, saying it was an immense relief for the majority of people in France.

00:31Despite polls showing the left won the most parliamentary seats in the vote, they failed

00:36to secure an absolute majority.

00:38Emmanuel Macron stunned France and the rest of the world by calling for the vote following

00:42the success of the far-right in European elections only weeks ago.

00:46Macron said he would wait until the new assembly was structured before taking what he described

00:51as the necessary decisions.

00:53The hung parliament will struggle to legislate as the lack of majority for any single alliance

00:58is expected to plunge France into political and economic turmoil.

01:03France must now determine who will be prime minister and lead the national assembly.

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