It was a night that no one in France expected. This parliamentary election result was a surprising.
According to Ednews, citing BBC, the left-wing alliance hastily brought together by Jean-Luc Mélenchon was on top, Emmanuel Macron's centrists had staged an unexpected comeback, and the far-right National Rally (RN) fell from favorites to third.
But no one has seats enough to govern, and France now faces a hung parliament.
Left-leaning newspaper Libération summed up the whole night with the headline C'est Ouf - "crazy". But for many it has also brought relief - the RN has failed to take power.