June 12, 2017 12:20 PM

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French President Emmanuel Macron's party heads for crushing Parliamentary majority

French President Emmanuel Macron's party is on course for an overwhelming parliamentary majority, after first round of voting for the National Assembly yesterday. <br/><br/>Projections showed Macron widening his centrist revolution, with his Republique en Marche (Republic on the Move) party and its ally MoDem tipped to win upto 445 seats in the 577-member National Assembly in next Sunday's second round.<br/><br/>With all the ballots counted, Macron's LREM and MoDem had won over 32 percent of the vote. Analysists say such a share would give Macron one of the biggest parliamentary majorities for 60 years.<br/><br/>The right-wing Republicans, who had hoped to rebound from their humiliation in the presidential vote, were trailing in second with a predicted 70-130 seats while Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front was forecast to garner between one and 10 seats.<br/><br/>Macron's party was established just over a year ago and many candidates have little or no political experience.

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