Macron Set for Majority in Assembly After First-Round Vote
- President’s party seen winning most seats in parliament
- Pollsters project Macron’s group at 33 percent in first round
Atlantic Council Says Macron's Majority a Big Deal
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President Emmanuel Macron headed for a clear majority in the National Assembly after French voters rallied behind their new head of state in the first round of legislative elections Sunday.
Macron’s year-old party, Republic on the Move, won about 33 percent of the vote, some 13 percentage points ahead of the Republicans, according to pollsters’ projections based on an early vote count. The result could give Macron’s party as many as 445 seats out of 577 in the lower house of parliament, according to projections by Elabe. The lowest estimate for his seat count was from Ipsos, which saw 390 to 430 seats.