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Voting got underway in mainland France on Sunday in the first round of snap parliamentary elections, with Marine Le Pen's anti-immigrant and eurosceptic far-right party eyeing power in a historic first.
Polling stations opened at 8:00 am (0600 GMT), after voters in France's overseas territories cast ballots earlier in the weekend.