Even before votes were cast, the election redrew France's political map. It galvanized parties on ... celebrate the surprise victory over Le Pen's party, but fragments of protesters continued ...

Macron announced the snap election ... party, added, "Depriving millions of French people of the possibility of seeing their ideas brought to power will never be a viable destiny for France." ...

Estimations from round one show how tactical voting rewrote the electoral map. Voters gathered into three ... Some right-wingers in the conservative Republicans party may have done the same.