Macron's majority endangered?

The election results so far show that the left-wing coalition led by Jean-Luc Mlenchon has a slight advantage in the number of votes won in the first round of parliamentary elections.
Macron's centrist alliance "Together" and Mlenchon's newly formed left-wing coalition "NUPES" are almost equal, i.e. they have between 25 and 26 percent of the votes, BBC reported last night, referring to the allegations of French television.
Half an hour after the first screenings were made, Mlenchon announced that his coalition was leading.
"The truth at the end of the first round of voting is that the presidential party was defeated," Mlenchon said. According to the latest estimates of the results of the first round of parliamentary elections published by BFM TV, Mlenchon's "NUPES" won 26.2 percent, Macron's "Together" won 25.9 percent, and the right-wing Marine Le Pen National Assembly won 18.8 percent of the vote, while Republicans won 11.4 percent.
According to TF1 television, both the left and the Macron Alliance won 25.9 percent of the vote.
Voters take part in two rounds on 12 and 19 June, electing 577 MPs, and to form a majority government the winning party needs 289 seats.
Mr. Mlenchon has formed a left-wing alliance called NUPES, bringing together his own La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) with the Socialists, Greens and Communists. Estimates from the consulting firm Elabe show that "Together" will have between 260 and 300 seats in parliament in the second round of elections on June 19, while an absolute majority requires 289 seats.
According to the Elabe projection, the left will have between 170 and 220 seats, significantly more than in 2017. The AP estimates, referring to the projections, that the centrist alliance of Macron...

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