Voters have gone to the polls for the second time in France in crucial parliamentary runoff elections that threaten political deadlock.

France's farright National Rally (RN) party has been beaten into third place in France's parliamentary election, according to exit polls from BFM.

The leftwing coalition New Popular Front is expected to take between 172205 seats.

In a huge surprise, Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance Ensemble is expected to receive around 150175 seats.

Sky's Yalda Hakim will be live in Paris from 7pm for all the reaction and analysis as the polls close.

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