The far-right National Rally were beaten into third place on Sunday after winning France’s first round of parliamentary voting.
Donald Trump loyalists have lashed out at the shock results of the French parliamentary elections, saying the far right was «cheated» out of victory.
The New Popular Front, a left-wing coalition, emerged with a surprising victory in the second round of voting in France on Sunday, but its 182 seats are not enough to secure an outright majority.
President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble alliance came in second with 168 seats, with the far-right National Rally, which was widely expected to win the election since it won the first round of voting, finishing third with 143 seats.
Macron announced the snap election in May after his centrist Together alliance was heavily beaten by Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration National Rally at the European elections. The move was seen as a desperate attempt to avoid the far-right achieving power in France, with voters urged to back the hastily put together left-wing coalition or centrist group to prevent the National Rally taking control of the country’s Parliament.
Following Sunday’s vote, numerous Trump supporters criticized the results after Macron’s gamble to keep the far right out of power succeeded, comparing the election to the 2020 and upcoming 2024 U.
