France's left-wing New Popular Front (NFP), an alliance of parties hastily assembled after President Emmanuel Macron called a surprise snap parliamentary election, looked set to score a shock win in Sunday's vote over the far right and the ruling centrists.

Parties on the left were so fractious, they broke up their alliance months ago, but the possibility of a government controlled by the far right drew them back together.

Sensational reversal of forecasts in the second round of the French political elections with the victory of the Popular Front of the left and the clear defeat of Le Pen's far right. The result from Macron's Center went beyond expectations and now has to decide what to do.