Polls open for second round of French parliamentary vote
National Rally's Marine Le Pen during the first round of France's parliamentary election on Sunday. Photo: Reuters
Polling stations opened across mainland France on Sunday for a second round parliamentary vote that is expected to be won by far right leader Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN).
While the anti-immigration, eurosceptic party may not win an outright majority, a hung parliament would leave a divided France in political limbo and weaken its international standing.
Voting began at 8:00am (0600 GMT) and was to continue to 6:00pm, or 8:00pm in major cities, when voting estimates will be released.
Previously, French far-right leader Marine le Pen insisted that her party can still win control of parliament despite the center and left scrambling to block her way, and football hero Kilian Mbappe urging fans to outvote “those people.”