French nationalist candidate Marine Le Pen and incumbent Emanuel Macron will face off in the second round of elections in the French presidential election.
Le Pen ran on immigration, borders, and lifting the burden on the working class. Macron spent the last month consumed by the Russian War on Ukraine.
Turnout was high in the rural areas.
France, presidential election today:
Turnout is higher than 70% at 17:00 CEST in several rural departments. However, it collapses in the Parisian agglomeration: only 50% voted in Seine-Saint-Denis and Paris, 10 points less than in 2017.
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— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) April 10, 2022
Polls open in first round of France’s presidential election https://t.co/MPlXq59CSb pic.twitter.com/myo42QYJK2
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) April 10, 2022
Macron was leading with 28.1 percent to Le Pen’s 23.3 percent.
France voted in the first round of its presidential election on Sunday. Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron have qualified for the second and final round.
Here is the projected vote share on Sunday evening: https://t.co/qOsqM7b4Gf pic.twitter.com/lnQMZ79XLa
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) April 10, 2022
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