Results of first round of presidential election 2022: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen arrive in lead

The outgoing president arrives at the top of the first round of the poll, according to the first estimates, with 28.1% of the vote. It ahead of the far-right candidate (23.3%), also qualified for the second round, and the candidate of France unsuitable, Jean-Luc Mélenchon (20.1%).

Le Monde and AFP

Emmanuel Macron is at the top of the first round of the presidential election 2022, with 28.1% of the votes, according to first estimates published by Ipsos-Sopra Steria for France Télévisions, Radio France, France 24-RFI-MCD, Public Senate-LCP and the Parisian-today in France, Sunday, April 10 at 8 pm

The outgoing president is followed by the far-right candidate of the National Marine Le Pen rally, who obtains 23.3% of the vote, and by the leader of France unsuitable, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who totals 20 , 1% of the votes.

Far behind are the other far-right candidate, Eric Zemmour (7.2%), the Republican candidate, Valérie Pécresse (5%), and the ecologist Yannick Jadot (4.4%).

Then arrive Jean Lassalle (3.3%), the Communist Party candidate, Fabien Roussel (2.7%), the head of standing France, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (2.3%), and the candidate Socialist Anne Hidalgo (2.1%), and Trotskyists Nathalie Arthaud (0.8%) and Philippe Poutou (0.7%).

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