A Triumph for the French Left as the Fifth Republic Lurches Into the Unknown

A shock win for the left leaves Macon’s alliance in second and Le Pen in third.

AP Photo/Thomas Padilla
La France Insoumise - LFI - (France Unbowed) founder Jean-Luc Melenchon delivers a speech at the party election night headquarters, July 7, 2024 at Paris. AP Photo/Thomas Padilla

PARIS  — A coalition on the left that came together unexpectedly ahead of France’s snap elections won the most parliamentary seats in the vote, according to polling projections Sunday. The surprise projections put President Macron’s centrist alliance in second and the right wing in third.

The lack of majority for any single alliance plunged France into political and economic turmoil. Final results are not expected until late Sunday or early Monday in the highly volatile snap election, which was called just four weeks ago in a huge gamble for Mr. Macron.

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