Are French 2nd round voting all 1v1 between top 2 from 1st round? (in seats without a clear winner)
No, this is it. Game over.
RN had their strongest showing ever, but not the majority that the 1st round tease showed. But Jordan Bardella ain't getting any p*ssy now.
Macron's strategy may seem like it worked, but his Ensemble lost 100 seats.
And while the further left NFP won, they don't have a majority. They colluded (legally) with Ensemble to not run against each other in a lot of districts to avoid splitting the vote against RN. In the process they managed to set aside their differences to stick it to the far right.
France will need to operate now with coalitions to form parliamentary majorities now. Which is pretty much our bread and butter in Portugal.