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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley in Paris

What is the New Popular Front, surprise winner of the French election?

Jean-Luc Mélenchon at a podium, arms aloft, flanked by LFI members
Jean-Luc Mélenchon (centre), leader of the France Unbowed (LFI) party, the largest in the New Popular Front, celebrating in Paris on Sunday. Photograph: Andre Pain/EPA

The New Popular Front (NFP), a four-party left-green alliance, was the shock winner of Sunday’s French parliamentary election, returning 182 deputies to a 577-seat assembly now split between three large opposing blocs, none with a majority.

Here is a look at which parties make up the NFP, what it proposes, who its key figures are – and whether they may be able to continue to work together.

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