France's far-right National Rally (RN) party looks set to fall short of an absolute majority in parliamentary elections, polls show, on the last day of campaigning.
More than 50 politicians and campaigners have been assaulted during the election, the interior minister said, as tension mounts ahead of Sunday's run-off votes.
An opinion poll for business daily Les Echos saw the RN winning 205-230 seats in Sunday's vote, ahead of the left wing New Popular Front with 145-175 seats, and President Emmanuel Macron's centrist bloc with 130-162 seats.
For a ruling majority, 289 seats are needed in the National Assembly.
More than 200 candidates across the political spectrum withdrew their candidacies to clear the path for whoever was best placed to defeat the RN candidate in their district, a process known as the "republican front".
However, much uncertainty remains, including whether voters will go along with these efforts to block the RN.
RN leader Marine Le Pen told BFM TV that she still believed her party could score an absolute majority despite most of the political landscape teaming up against her movement.
"I get the impression that all this is designed to demotivate our voters. Fortunately, I know them and I know they're highly motivated, so I really do say 'go and vote'," Ms Le Pen said.
IFOP pollster Jerome Fourquet told RMC radio that he could not rule out the left wing alliance outpacing the RN in the end.
"The big unknown is the size of the republican front ...will a left wing voter cast a ballot for a right wing candidate or a Macron camp candidate?"
Violence in the campaign
More than 50 politicians and campaigners have been assaulted during the election, according to Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin.
"This campaign is short and yet we already have 51 candidates, substitutes and activists who have been physically assaulted," he told BFMTV.
More than 30 people have been arrested, he said, including militants from far-right and far-left groups.
Four people, including three minors, were detained over attacking government spokeswoman Prisca Thevenot and her team on Wednesday while they were sticking up campaign posters in Meudon outside Paris, prosecutors said.
Ms Thevenot, who is of Mauritian origin, was not harmed but a colleague and a supporter were wounded and taken to hospital after the attack by around 20 people.
Mr Darmanin said 30,000 police would be deployed on Sunday to secure the vote, including 5,000 in Paris and its suburbs.
The Paris Bar Council has asked the public prosecutor's office to open a case after a far-right website called for the "elimination" of lawyers who had signed an article against the RN.
"Violence and intimidation have no place in our society," Prime Minister Gabriel Attal wrote in a social media post.
