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Macron's party loses control of France's parliament as the far right gains 81 seats

French President Emmanuel Macron leaves the voting booth on Sunday in Le Touquet, northern France. Macron's alliance has lost its parliamentary majority, election projections show. (Michel Spingler/AP)

PARIS — Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Monday that her party's extraordinary surge in the country's parliamentary election is a "historic victory" and a "seismic event" in French politics.

Many voters in Sunday's poll opted for far-right or far-left candidates, denying President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance a straight majority in the National Assembly.

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