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EXPLAINED: Left coalition ahead of macron alliance far right in france exit polls | Vintage Vibes

Far-left La France Insoumise founder Jean-Luc Melenchon, right, clenches his fist with other party members after the second round of the parliamentary elections in Paris [Thomas Padilla/AP]

A loose alliance of left-wing parties has won the most seats in France’s high-stakes legislative elections, beating both the far right and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition.

No one group won an absolute majority in the 577-seat National Assembly in Sunday’s run-off vote, plunging France into political limbo with no clear path to forming a new government two days before a major NATO summit and three weeks before the Paris Olympic Games.

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