The far-right National Rally (RN) made historic gains in the first round of France's two-stage parliamentary election this weekend, APA reports citing France 24.
The party of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella topped the poll with 33.15 percent of the votes cast for members of the National Assembly, according to preliminary results published by the interior ministry.
The leftwing New Popular Front alliance was in second place with 28.14 percent, ahead of President Emmanuel Macron's centrists on 20.76 percent.
The RN is hoping to win an outright majority in the second and final round of voting to be held on July 7 in the 501 out of 577 constituencies where no candidate won outright on Sunday.
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