French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance Ensemble was projected to lose its majority despite getting the most seats in the final round of the parliamentary election yesterday, while the far-right National Rally appeared to have made big gains.<br />''<br />''The projections, which are based on partial results, show that Macron's candidates would win between 200 and 250 seats, much less than the 289 required to have a straight majority at the National Assembly, France's most powerful house of parliament.<br />''<br />''A new coalition, made up of the hard left, the Socialists and the Greens, is projected to become the main opposition force with about 150 to 200 seats.<br />''<br />''National Rally is projected to register a huge surge with potentially more than 80 seats, up from eight before.<br />''<br />''Polling was held nationwide to select the 577 members of the National Assembly.<br />''<br />''According to the Interior Ministry, the legislative elections are contested between three blocs that were leading the first round race, namely President Macron's centrist alliance Ensemble, left-wing alliance NUPES led by Jean-Luc Melenchon and far-right party National Rally led by Marine Le Pen who lost the presidential election to Macron in a run-off in April.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Mr Macron had more than 300 seats in the outgoing parliament.</span><br />