The Latest: Macron casts ballot in French parliamentary vote

FILE - In this Sunday, June 11, 2017 file photo, people walk in a polling station before casting their ballots in the first round of parliamentary elections, in Lyon, central France. French President Emmanuel Macron's 14-month-old party is set to win a huge majority in parliamentary elections Sunday, meeting one of his most emblematic campaign promises: bringing new faces into politics. A village schoolteacher, a farmer, a math genius, a female bullfighter. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

By Associated Press June 18, 2017 2 min read

PARIS (AP) – The Latest on France’s parliamentary elections (all times local):

9:05 a.m.

French President Emmanuel Macron has voted in parliamentary elections expected to hand his 14-month-old party a big majority.

Curious crowds gathered in the northern seaside town of Le Touquet where Macron cast a ballot Sunday morning in the second round of elections for the 577-seat National Assembly. His centrist Republic on the Move! party is expected to win more than 400 seats.

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, a center-right politician who joined Macron’s movement, cast his ballot in the port of Le Havre.