Voter turnout has fallen by three points in France, where today we are voting for the first round of the presidential elections. On a sunny day across much of the country, 25.48% of voters voted by 12. A decrease from 2017, when 28.54% of eligible voters voted at the same time, matching 28.3% of turnout in 2012. The Percentage is still four points above the negative record set on April 21, 2002, contrary to French pollsters’ forecasts that an abstention would have weighed more than twenty years ago. But what worries outgoing President Emmanuel Macron’s electoral committee is what’s coming from the district of Paris, where at 12 only 15.34% were up for election. Where Macron has had key electoral support so far, the figure is down nine points from 2017, when turnout in Paris was 24.24%. Around 48.7 million voters stand to vote, who must choose among the 12 candidates for the presidency of the republic. The most likely scenario is that in two weeks there will be a vote between current President Emmanuel Macron and farright candidate Marine Le Pen. According to the polls, the challenge would be similar to 5 years ago, but this time the challenge would really be on the last vote: 2 points separate the contenders in the first round (26% vs. 24% for the latest polls). , as many in the second (51% to 49%). The final election will take place in two weeks, on April 24th.
