Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron wins the first round of the presidential election. In the second round, the head of state will meet with the leader of the National Union party, Marine Le Pen.
In the first round of French presidential elections on Sunday, President Emmanuel Macron, who is up for re-election, won 28.5 percent of the vote. votes, and the head of the National Union Marine Le Pen voted 24.2 percent. voters, this is the result of preliminary results given by Elabe and the SFR Institute for BFM TV from 20, just after the polls closed.
Far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, supported by 20 percent of voters, came third in the vote. Right-wing columnist Eric Zemmour followed with six percent of the vote, followed by centre-right candidate Valerie Pekress with five percent of the vote. Greens candidate Yannick Jadot won 4 percent of the vote, ahead of peasant candidate Jean Lassalle, communist Fabien Roussel, socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo, for whom about two percent of the French voted. Representatives of the anti-capitalist party Natalie Artaud and Philippe Putou won less than one percent of the vote.
The turnout was approximately 74 percent. This is the lowest level since 2002 and the second worst result in the history of direct presidential elections in France.
One more tour
These results mean that Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will meet in the second round of elections, scheduled for April 24, for the second time in a row. Poll results released shortly after the polls closed show that Emmanuel Macron has improved his five-year result by four percentage points. Marine Le Pen voted three percentage points more than in 2017.