According to the full results of 577 constituencies, the left forces of the "New Popular Front" receive 182 seats in the Lower House of the French Parliament. The coalition of President Emmanuel Macron "Together" there are 168 seats. The extreme right "National Assembly" there are 143 seats. The center-right of the "Republicans" they get 46 seats. Other right-wing parties have 14 seats, and other left-wing parties - 13 seats, reports "Mond", citing the French interior ministry.
This means that France's parliament, which by law cannot be dissolved for a year, is divided between three political blocs.
Talks to form coalitions that could form a government are already underway. And Macron asked the government, including Prime Minister Gabriel Atal, to temporarily continue to perform their duties.
The absolute majority in the parliament is 289 deputies.
The leader of the Socialists Olivier Faure, who are part of the "New People's Front", has already said that within the week this formation should be able to present a candidate for prime minister. He mentioned that this could be done either by voting or by consensus within the coalition. The leader of environmentalists Marine Tondlieu, who are also part of the center-left coalition, said that the president should invite the "New People's Front" to present him with a candidate for prime minister.
But things are not that simple. "New People's Front" was formed after the announcement of early elections and included parties that disagreed on a number of issues and that ranged from the radical left of "Disobedient France", through the classical socialists and environmentalists to the communists.
Yesterday, the representative of "Rebellious France" Clementine Otten called on the left-wing MPs to gather as early as today to propose a candidate for prime minister. He will not be former Socialist President Francois Hollande, elected as a deputy by the New Popular Front, nor Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of Rebellious France, she said. But another representative of the radical left, Mathilde Bano, said that Mélenchon should not be considered out of the race because he is the one who taught the left to win elections again and gave hope to millions of people already by getting 22 percent in the elections for president in 2022
Discussions are also intensifying in the presidential coalition, which has become the second power in the parliament. According to François Bayrou, leader of the "Democratic Movement", which is part of the presidential bloc, it is possible to have a majority in parliament without "Rebellious France".
As for the "National Assembly" he is making progress in the number of parliamentary seats, but is far from the relative majority that sociologists predicted and even further from the absolute majority that he dreamed of. For Marine Le Pen, this simply means that victory is delayed for a while while far-right prime ministerial candidate Jordan Bardela talks about a "union of dishonor" formed by the republican front against the "National Assembly". For now "National Assembly" appears to be in opposition, but with a stronger voice.