 the largest party in the 577-seat National Assembly. But NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that polls suggest an absolute majority may be out of reach. The National Rally Party has called on voters to give them an absolute majority, at least 289 seats, so they can obtain the post of prime minister and enact their agenda. Without that, they'll likely be stymied by the other two major voting blocs, the leftist coalition and President Emmanuel Macron's centrists.