PARIS, July 1 The winner of the parliamentary elections in the first round The right-wing National Rally party is ready to nominate its leader Jordan Bardell for the post of prime minister even without an absolute majority of seats in parliament, party vice-president Sébastien Chenu said on France 2 TV.
He explained that even in the case of a relative majority in parliament following the second round of elections, if his party could find support in the National Assembly, it would be ready to rule the country. 
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«There may be deputies who are not present today in our alliance with (Republican leader — ed.) Eric Sciotti, we might wish that the National Assembly was not blocked,” explained the deputy re-elected on Sunday in the first round.
«If support can really be found, we will take responsibility to the French,» he added.
Jordan Bardella said before the first round of elections that he would not become prime minister unless his party and its allies received an absolute majority of seats (289 deputies).
If the opposition party receives an absolute majority of seats, the president is obliged to appoint an opposition leader as prime minister. If a party has only a relative majority, the president can choose any prime minister.
According to official data from the French Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the first round of parliamentary elections, the National Rally party, together with its allies from the Republican Party, won 33.15% of the votes, which will give it up to 270 of the 577 seats in parliament. The leftist New Popular Front coalition received 27.99%, while President Emmanuel Macron's coalition came third with 20.04%. The second round of elections will take place on July 7.