Big majority for Macron in French parliament

French President Emmanuel Macron is poised to rearrange his Cabinet after his new centrist party won a landslide in the country’s parliamentary election, enabling the government to quickly start passing its first laws

Macron’s La République en Marche (LREM) won 308 seats with 43 percent of vote. With its centrist MoDem allies, LREM has 350 seats, way more than 289 needed for majority

SEATS PER PARTY IN FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 

Turnout: 42.64%

577 seats

Presidential majority (LREM + MoDem) 350

Republican-led centre-right group 137

Socialist-led centre-left group 44

Far left 27

National Front / far right 9

Others 10

Source: BBC / French Interior Ministry 

Picture: Getty Images 

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