About 300,000 police officers will be deployed per year France late on Sunday night, after the crucial second round of parliamentary elections, to ensure that no incidents are caused, the relevant minister announced, as two candidates reported being attacked during the election campaign.

The second round on Sunday will determine whether its far-right National Alarm Marine Le Pen will secure a majority in parliament for the first time in its history and will form the next government of the country, the second largest economy in the eurozone.

The election campaign has been marred by political tensions as well as sporadic incidents of violence, and government spokeswoman Prisca Teveno said she and her staff were attacked yesterday afternoon by a small group of youths as they put up campaign posters.

Although she was not injured, her assistant and a party activist were injured in the attack by a group of about 10 unidentified youths who were tearing up their campaign posters, Thevenot told Le Parisien newspaper.

At the same time, a candidate of the National Alarm in Savoy, Marie Dossi, also he complained that he was attacked by a shopkeeper in a commercial market yesterday.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanen said four suspects had been arrested in connection with the attack on Thevenot’s staff.

Darmanen said that on Sunday night, when the election results are announced, he would be “very careful” about security.

About 5,000 of the 30,000 police officers to be deployed on Sunday afternoon will be in and around Paris to “ensure that the extreme right and the extreme left do not take advantage of the situation to cause incidents,” he told the France 2 TV network.

Poll showed yesterday that efforts by other parties to prevent the far-right from securing an outright majority are likely to succeed.

The poll conducted by the Harris Interactive company on behalf of Challenges magazine showed that the anti-immigrant, Eurosceptic National Alarm party and its allies are likely to gather between 190 and 220 seats out of the 577 in the French National Assembly, while the center-right Republicans 30 to 50 .

This scenario would rule out the possibility of a far-right minority government with the partial support of the Republicans (LR).

The poll was published after more than 200 candidates from across the political spectrum withdrew their nominations to stem the tide of the far-right.

However, the outcome remains quite uncertain as it is unknown whether the voters will support these efforts to block the way of the National Alarm.