Only a relative majority for President Emmanuel Macron

It was even closer than the polling institutes had predicted. According to initial projections, the president’s Ensemble alliance would have only 210 to 250 seats in the National Assembly, far short of the absolute majority of 289 seats. That would leave him with only a relative majority. French media saw the outcome as a „heavy defeat“ for Macron. The 577 deputies for the National Assembly were elected in 577 constituencies. The legislative period lasts five years.