French flag. File photoPARIS, 12 Jun. Left-wing coalition «New People's Ecological and Social Union» Jean-Luc Mélenchon bypassed the coalition of the president «Together!» Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the French parliamentary elections, BFMTV reported, citing exit poll data.
Mélenchon's coalition is reported to have won 26.2 percent and Macron's coalition 25.80 percent of the vote.
April 25, 13:00″The coming years won't be quiet»: Macron wins French electionsMarine Le Pen's Rally National party gets 19.10 percent, «Republicans» — 11.10 percent, «Reclaim» Eric Zemmura — 4.3 percent. To enter the second round, the association had to gain at least 12.5 percent of the votes of registered voters in its constituency. The second round will take place on June 19. A simple majority of votes is enough to win. As a result, 577 deputies of the National Assembly (lower house of parliament) will be elected for a period of five years. The coalition «Together!» will take part in the final confrontation! (Ensemble!), uniting Macron's Renaissance party (previously called Forward, Republic!), the center party Democratic Movement, and the centre-right parties Horizons and Act. Its competitor will be the leftist coalition New People's Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), which includes Jean-Luc Mélenchon's Unsubdued France, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party and the Europe-Ecology-Greens party. 
Election procedure for the French National Assembly