France's far-right National Rally party and its allies won 33 percent of the vote in the first round of parliamentary elections, official results from the French Interior Ministry showed on Monday.
According to these data, the left-wing New People's Front bloc followed with 28 percent and the centrists of President Emmanuel Macron with 20 percent of the votes won, while the traditional right-wing Republican Party received less than seven percent.
However, the final outcome of the second round of the special election on July 7 will depend on the building of alliances before voting day.
Although the National Rally was a historic success, the euro hit a two-week high in Asian markets on Monday as markets felt relieved that the National Rally had not fared any better.
Whether that anti-immigrant and Eurosceptic party will succeed in forming a government will depend on how well other parties can thwart Marine Le Pen's party.
The leaders of the left-wing New Popular Front and Macron's centrist alliance made it clear on Sunday night that they would withdraw their candidates in districts where the other candidate is in a better position to win the National Rally in a runoff.
On the other hand, National Assembly deputies on Monday called on center-right politicians in the Republican Party to withdraw from districts where such a move would benefit Le Pen.
So far, the Republican Party, which split before the vote with a small number of its deputies joining the RN, has not given any indication of its position.
All candidates who passed the first round have until Tuesday evening to confirm whether they will go to the second round.
French President Emmanuel Macron called early parliamentary elections after his party's defeat in the European Parliament elections in early June.
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