The Ensemble coalition, which supports French President Emmanuel Macron, came out ahead in the parliamentary elections on 19 June, with 38.57% of the vote but, with 245 out of 577 seats, it failed to secure an absolute majority in the National Assembly. The left-wing coalition New People's Ecological and Social Union (NUPES) won 131 seats with 31.6% of the vote, while the far-right National Rally increased from 8 to 89 MPs (17.9% of the vote). Les Républicains (centre-right), with 6.98%, won 61 seats.
