Far-right bloc wins 1st round of French parliament elections with 33% of vote – ministry

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies reached 33% of the national popular vote in the first round of parliamentary elections, the interior ministry said, while the leftwing New Popular Front came in second with 28%.

President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc reached 20%, the ministry said.

(Reporting by Tassilo Hummel; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)