Violence has broken out in France as a Left-wing coalition won the most seats in the parliamentary elections, beating Marine Le Pen’s far-Right National Rally, which came third.
Footage showed masked protesters on the streets with flares and around 30,000 riot police were deployed.
Ms Le Pen had hopes of forming the country's first hard-Right government since the war but exit polls indicated a lead for the grouping whose figurehead is Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of France Unbowed (LFI).
Mr Mélenchon called the projections an "immense relief for a majority of people in our country". He demanded the resignation of the prime minister, Gabriel Attal, who has offered to resign but remains in post, having said he will stay on for the duration of the Paris Olympics.
"The president must call on the New Popular Front to govern," he told supporters in Stalingrad Square.
But what happened in the election and what does this mean for the country? Here's what you need to know.
What happened in France's election?
The Left-wing New Popular Front (NPF) alliance secured the biggest number of seats but needed 289 more seats to secure an outright majority.
President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance is in second place and the far Right is in third.
The Left won 182 seats, Mr Macron's centrist alliance 168 and Ms Le Pen's National Rally (RN) and allies 143, interior ministry data cited by Le Monde newspaper showed.
What happens next?
France is now in political limbo with a hung parliament as no party or alliance has won a majority of seats. Mr Macron's office said the president would "wait for the new National Assembly to organise itself" before making any decisions.
He will now have to form alliances to govern.
Who could become the next prime minister?
The left will now need to put someone forward to serve as prime minister, but who that will be is uncertain. The top candidates are:
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
François Ruffin
Boris Vallaud
Laurent Berger
