Less than half of eligible voters bothered to vote in the first round of 's parliamentary election today, as 's bid for a majority in the National Assembly is challenged by a left-Wing coalition.A record abstention rate of almost 53 per cent was estimated when polls closed at 8pm on Sunday, with Mr Macron's party struggling to win a majority in the 577 seat National Assembly in Paris.An Ipsos poll put Mr Macron's centrist alliance, Ensemble (Together) neck-and-neck with a left-wing coalition known as the Nupes, for the New Popular Ecological and Social Union.
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