The French Interior Ministry said that “President Emmanuel Macron won Sunday’s French presidential election with a score of 58.54%.” – 41.46 percent voted for the leader of the National Union.
The French Ministry of the Interior has announced the final results of the second round of the presidential election. After recounting data from all polling stations, it was announced that incumbent President Emmanuel Macron won the most votes in Sunday’s vote, beating Marine Le Pen’s leader, the National Union, by more than 17 percentage points. This was confirmed by the results of yesterday’s vote.
According to the Interior Ministry, Emmanuel Macron received 58.54 percent of the vote in the second round of the presidential election. 41.46 percent of voters voted for Marine Le Pen.
“Worst attendance in years”
The turnout was 71.9 percent, the second-worst result in the history of direct presidential elections in France.
Backed by the liberal party En Marche, Emmanuel Macron defeated the nationalist leader Marine Le Pen for the second time in a row, although this time he received 8 percentage points less than in the 2017 presidential election.
Emmanuel Macron became the fourth president in the history of the Fifth Republic to be re-elected for a second term. President Jacques Chirac did this for the last time in 2002. Macron will be president of France until 2027.