GRAPH: projected results by party for French election June 30

UPDATED July 1, 11:15: exit polls are not used for estimated results in France, but rather a combination of polling data and computer models

Early estimates of voting projections suggested a clear win for the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) in the first-round vote for the 577 seats of the lower chamber of the French government which took place on Sunday, June 30.

However, the French parliamentary elections are in two rounds, and by constituency rather than proportion of national vote.

France enforces a media blackout until 20:00 on the day of each round of voting. This prevents the press from conducting exit polls, however research institutes including Elabe and Ipsos use a combination of algorithms and data from after 20:00 to create estimated voting projections.

Read more: French election June 30: far right ahead in voting estimates

Projected results according to voting projections:

Candidates can only win seats outright in the first round if they get over 50% of the vote in a constituency, and at least 25% voter turnout.

RN parliamentary leader Marine Le Pen won her seat in Pas-de-Calais in the first round outright for the first-time.

Read more: Marine Le Pen: ‘Democracy has spoken, now we need an absolute win’