That success came at a heavy cost for the traditional parties of left and right.
Macron now holds all the keys in the French Republic, and his lack of real opposition could become immensely problematic.
The 48-year-old was easily defeated in the French presidential election on May 7 by centrist Emmanuel Macron, earning just 34% of the vote.
Pollsters projected Republic on the Move! and its allies could take up to about 360 of the lower chamber's 577 seats. 16 months ago, his LREM movement was non-existent.
All these measures have been attempted by previous French presidents since the 1990s, and invariably failed or were abandoned in the face of massive strikes and demonstrations.
Macron's confident start at home, where he has concentrated on trying to restore the lost prestige of the president, and his bold action on the worldwide stage has inspired a raft of positive headlines. France's far-right National Front has refused Tuesday June 20 2017 to let Jean-Marie Le Pen, the party's co-founder, attend a meeting of its political bureau, blocking him at the gate on the day of his 89th birthday.
However, French media reported that one prominent Macron ally, territorial integration minister Richard Ferrand, would be leaving the government to head the pro-government group in the newly-elected National Assembly.
With all votes from Sunday's elections counted, President Macron's La Republique en Marche party (LREM) is on course to control 350 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly, a stunning victory made even more remarkable by the fact that the party did not exist as a political movement until early past year.
The election saw a record number of women voted into parliament, due largely to Macron's decision to field a gender-balanced candidate list.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe formally resigned on Monday afternoon, a largely symbolic move required after a legislative election.
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With turnout at a record low of 42.64 percent, Macron's opponents are already charging that his policies do not have popular support.
The Socialist Party, which dominated the outgoing Assembly, got only 29 seats.
Le Pen entered parliament for the first time in her career in one of eight seats won by the FN.
Marine Le Pen, leader of far-right National Party, made her entry to the National Assembly along with seven other far-rightists.
All the mainstream parties were swept off.
"Far from postures, our members of parliament, through their multiple experiences, will vote for laws to unlock our economy, free up our energies, create new solidarities and protect the French", she said. They dismiss his victory, claiming that the clamor for change was such that voters would have elected donkeys, goats and even hippos in Sunday's vote.
Le Pen said: "The abstention rate considerably weakens the legitimacy of the new parliament ..." Far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon's party won 17 seats, over the minimum of 15 needed to form a group, a tool that provides extra funds and speaking time.
Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a Christian Democrat, and her left-wing rival in the upcoming elections Martin Schulz, a Social Democrat, congratulated the French President.
With a strong working majority now confirmed in the National Assembly, Macron's chances of spearheading reform look better than those of past leaders.
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