A far-left coalition Sunday pulled off a surprise victory in the second round of France’s parliamentary elections, denying Marine Le Pen’s right-wing National Rally the overall majority portended by last week’s results, polls show.

The New Popular Front is now expected to claim between 172 to 215 seats in parliament, sparing embattled President Emmanuel Macron the indignity of a third-place finish for his centrist alliance, which is projected to finish second, exit polling showed.

Macron will still likely lose control of parliament, with his party expected to get 150 to 170 seats.

He also may soon be forced to share power with a new prime minister who opposes much of his agenda.

Macron’s term expires in 2027, and he has vowed to remain in his post regardless of the outcome of the parliamentary elections he called for last month.

The New Popular Front is a coalition comprising five left-wing political parties, ranging from moderate to extreme, which banded together to avoid splitting their vote and tilting the race in favor of Le Pen and her National Rally party.

National Rally came out on top during the first round of elections held last week, sparking widespread riots across the French capital over fears the country would have its first right-wing government since World War II.

The party will pick up between 132 to 152 seats, according to projections, for a third-place finish.

Le Pen predicted after her party’s humiliating loss Sunday that France will be “totally deadlocked” with its parliament mainly split three ways — and vowed that the National Rally will work to gain a majority “maybe in a year.”

French leftist leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon said the projected results were “an immense relief for a majority of people in our country.”

The groups had vowed to provide continued support for Ukraine, reverse a national law that raised the retirement age from 62 to 64 and boost the minimum wage, among other things.

After the win, Mélenchon demanded the resignation of Macron’s prime minister, Gabriel Attal, CBS reports.

He then put the ball in Macron’s court for what comes next, saying “The president has the duty to call the New Popular Front to govern.”

CNN reports Attal has said he will submit his resignation on Monday morning.

Speaking at a press conference after the projections were made known, Attal called the results an “unprecedented political situation” which are likely to result in a great deal of tumult, decrying the three-bloc division as “not the politics of the French people.”

We must, in all this, preserve our humanity, guarantee our security, be by the side of those who believe in France,” he said.

The results are expected to be finalized by Monday, but there is no official deadline to form a new government, so it could be weeks until a new prime minister is named.

It is also not certain at this point who will take over as prime minister as no one party secured the 289 seats required for an absolute majority.

Macron did not make a statement after the polls closed, only saying he would “wait” to make any decisions about the new government.

The streets of Paris were flooded with cheering New Popular Front supporters after the results became known.

Voter turnout was the highest it’s been since 1981, with a 59.71% participation rate.