PARIS — Incumbent Emmanuel Macron finished first ahead of far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the first round of France’s presidential election on Sunday, and the two will face each other in a runoff on April 24, an early forecast showed.
The extrapolation by pollster Ipsos, released shortly after the polls closed at 8 p.m., gave Macron 28.1 percent of the vote and Le Pen 23.3 percent.
Final results are expected later in the evening.
https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-wins-ahead-of-le-pen-in-first-round-of-french-election-projection/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Macron wins first round of French election ahead of Le Pen: projection – POLITICO
