The partial data from the Interior Ministry of Paris, where the polls are still ongoing, see Macron with 27.3% of the vote, Le Pen with 23.4%, Mélenchon with 21.9%, Zemmour with 7% and Pécresse with 4, 8th %. Macron: “At stake is a choice of society and civilization”. Voter turnout down compared to 2017, election scheduled for April 24
After the first round of the French presidential elections, an election between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will take place on April 24th, just like 5 years ago (FRENCH ELECTIONS: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW THE CANDIDATES) . The partial data from the Interior Ministry in Paris sees Macron at 27.3%, Le Pen at 23.4%, Mélenchon at 21.9%, Zemmour at 7% and Pécresse at 4.8% in polls that have not yet been completed. Alltime low for the French Socialists, represented by the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, who stalled at 2%
Le Pen: “I see hope to revitalize the country”
“I see hope: the hope of reviving the country,” said Le Pen, who, according to his spokesman Sebastien Chenu, achieved a better result than in the last round. “At stake is not a simple vote of circumstances, but a decision by society and I would say civilisation,” continued the leader, calling on all French “of all sensibilities” and “all those who did not vote for Macron”. in support of it on the occasion of the vote. For his part, after the vote, Macron urged his supporters to create “a great political movement of unity and action “beyond differences. (HOW THE VOTING SYSTEM WORKS).
Macron: “Let’s stop the farright”
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April 24th will therefore be a neckandneck race. Macron promises: “You can count on me to implement our opening program” and “French and European independence”. “Nothing has been achieved, the debate we are going to have over the next fifteen days is crucial for France and for Europe,” he warns, and calls on his compatriots to block Marine Le Pen’s path “to the extreme right”.
turnout and abstention
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France 2022 elections: abstention at an estimated 26.2%
At 12, turnout was 3 points lower than in 2017 at 25.48%. Then, at 5 p.m., the percentage jumped to 65%, down 4.4 points from 5 years ago. The abstention rate was 26.2%: higher than the 22.2% in the first round of the previous election in 2017, but lower than the record set in 2002, when 28.4% of voters chose not to speak French.
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Around 1.5 million of the almost 49 million eligible voters are resident abroad. If neither candidate receives an absolute majority 50% plus one of those entitled the two candidates with the most votes will advance to the second round, scheduled for Sunday 24 April. 12 candidates in total: Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen, Eric Zemmour, Valerie Pecresse, Jean Luc Melenchon, Anne Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot, Philippe Poutou, Fabien Roussel, Nathalie Arthaud, Jean Lassalle and Nicolas Dupont Aignan. All French people over the age of 18 who were entered in the electoral register were eligible to vote. Anyone who turns 18 between April 10 and April 24 can only express their preference in the second round.
The unusual campaign
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Elections France, 12 candidates for the Presidency of the Republic. PHOTO
Paralyzed first by Covid, then by the conflict in Ukraine, the election campaign has taken unexpected paths: little if any of the big issues that have dominated these past few years, starting with global warming virtually ignored and almost absolute power space Buying the French: wage increase, minimum pensions, subsidies. Even the workhorses of the extreme right, from immigration to security, have been abandoned by Le Pen, who left them to regional competitor Eric Zemmour (WHO IS). The leader of the Rassemblement National has presented herself with a mild image and has even come in recent days to repropose for herself the slogan of the “silent power of the socialists of the time of François Mitterrand. No tension, no slipups, no aggressive claims.
The voting instructions for voting
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Macron and his wife Brigitte, from meeting at high school to the Elysée. PHOTO
Meanwhile, according to the first data from the surveys, the objections of the excluded are already arriving. Mélenchon said that “Marine Le Pen should not get a single vote”, as did socialist candidate and mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, who called for “voting against Marine Le Pen’s extreme right and for Emmanuel Macron”. Republican candidate Valerie Pecresse also ran for the president, who accused the challenger of being “close to Putin. Eric Ciotti has announced that he will not vote for Macron but has specified that he will give voters “no hint”, while Zemmour said: “I have many disagreements with Marine Le Pen, but before her there is a man , who has managed to absorb millions of immigrants and will do worse if reelected. I therefore urge you to vote for Le Pen.
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Elections France, 12 candidates for the Presidency of the Republic. PHOTO
The first round of presidential elections will take place in the country on Sunday, April 10th. Eight men are fighting for the Elysée, including outgoing President Emmanuel Macron, and four women. If nobody achieves an absolute majority, the vote between the two names with the most votes will take place on April 24th. Here the French politicians are in the running
Twelve candidates eight men and four women are running in France for the presidency of the republic. The first round of elections is Sunday April 10th. If nobody achieves an absolute majority, the vote between the two names with the most votes will take place on April 24th. Beginning with outgoing President Emmanuel Macron and continuing in alphabetical order, Here the politicians are in the running for the Elysée
The outgoing president is in the running Emmanuel Macron, with his centrist party La République en marche (founded by himself in 2016). Macron, 44, was elected to the Elysée in the second round in 2017, receiving 66.1% of the vote, beating Marine Le Pen
She is one of the four candidates for the Elysée Nathalie Arthaud, 52, representative of the extreme left party Lutte Ouvrière. Economics teacher, in the 2012 and 2017 elections he received 0.56% and 0.64% respectively