it is eight in the morning in singapore and two a.m. in paris. where exit polls from the first round of france s parliamentary elections, suggest the far right have made historic gains. turnout was the highest, for 40 years. marine le pen s hard right national rally party came top, with more than a third of the vote, followed by a surge in support for the left wing coalition, with around 28% of the vote. president macron s gamble to hold the snap election, saw his centre right alliance of parties relegated to third place. a final result won t be known for another week, with a second round of voting for the national assembly s 577 seats, next sunday. andrew harding, has the latest from paris. a kiss for marine le pen this morning. a politician once considered too extreme for most french voters, today her national rally is on a role. and with her her 28 protege who was hoping to be france s next prime minister. results show their party on the left has worn over a third of all v
welcome to bbc news. live from paris where exit polls from france s first round of the snap parliamentary election have just been released as polling finished for the day and i can bring you the exit polls now because they have been released as we are on their insurance for national rally party has on this first round of the election more than 34% suggested in the vote followed by the left wing new popular front which we are seeing has won 20.i% popular front which we are seeing has won 20.1% of this vote. the centrist coalition of emmanuel macron in third place which is given in the exit poll score of 20.3%. it is just the next probative it s replicated in the concrete results that suggests a decisive win for the far right national rally party, very much in line with what opinion poll suggested in the lead up to the snap election with 34% of the vote going to the far right national rally party. this is the first round of the election. what happens is that if no candidate has
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studio: the french prime minister gabriel attal giving his reaction to what has been quite a historic parliamentary election in france, if those exit polls are correct because at the moment they suggest marine lieutenant s hard right national rally party has taken the biggest share of the vote in the first round of france s parliamentary elections. these are the exit polls thus far, but if they do indicate that this is indeed marine le pen s hard right national rally party taking the biggest share of the vote in the first round, it is indeed a historic result. let s cross live to paris were my colleague is monitoring this. we havejust monitoring this. we have just heard gabriel attal give his first reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give you reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give you a reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give you