The French electorate has produced a hung parliament, the French voters giving a split mandate to three main alliances.

The Left alliance came on top but is still not in a position to form the government. In fact, no party was able to win the simple majority of 289 seats to form the government. This will be a big test: how to form a majority and stable government. It will be hard for the both left and the liberal right to form a government with the help of the far-right National Rally.

President Macron had called for an early election after the humiliating defeat of his party and the victory of the National Rally in the European Parliament elections. The real contest in the snap parliamentary elections was between three blocks or alliances.

The Left alliance (New Popular Front) consists of four major parties: the Socialist Party, the Greens, the Communist Party and La France Insoumise. The liberal and right-wing alliance, Ensemble, included Macron’s Renaissance, the Democratic Movement, Horizons and the Radical Party while the far-right alliance National Rally consists of the National Rally, Republicans, the Reconquete Party and Lutte Ouvriere. The elections were held in two rounds on June 30 and July 7.

The turnout was 66.71per cent in the first round and 66.63........

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