- Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen have won the first voting round in the French presidential election.
- With 95.5 percent of the votes counted, Macron, the incumbent, is at 28 percent support and Le Pen, the leader of the far right, at 23 percent. Far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon places third with 22 percent.
- The April 24 runoff will be a rematch of the 2017 election, when Macron defeated Le Pen with 66 to her 34 percent. Polls predict a narrower margin this year.
Results
Candidate |
Party |
Support |
|
■ | Emmanuel Macron | The Republic on the Move | 27.8 |
■ | Marine Le Pen | National Rally | 23 |
■ | Jean-Luc Mélenchon | France Unbowed | 22 |
■ | Éric Zemmour | Reconquest | 7.1 |
■ | Valérie Pécresse | Republicans | 4.8 |
■ | Yannick Jadot | Europe Ecology – The Greens | 4.6 |
■ | Fabien Roussel | Communist Party | 2.3 |
■ | Anne Hidalgo | Socialist Party | 1.8 |