According to the first projections, the center-right leader will continue to occupy the Elysée Palace for the next five years, following winning the second round this Sunday, April 24, with 58.8% of the votes compared to 41.2% reached by his opponent, the far-right Marine Le Pen.
French President Emmanuel Macron would have been re-elected with between 15.2 and 16.4 points difference over his rival, Marine Le Pen, in the second round of the presidential elections, according to four vote projections.
The biggest advantage is given by Ipsos with 58.2-41.8% and the smallest is that of Elabe (57.6-42.4 &). It is half the advantage that the liberal Macron obtained five years ago over the far-right Le Pen.
Macron confirms in this way his status as favorite, although he would have won with a smaller margin than in 2017, when he achieved 66% of the votes. Le Pen, for his part, is heading for the best historical result for the extreme right in France.
The incumbent candidate had the majority support of the parties defeated in the first round, including Socialists and Conservatives, to achieve the endorsement that will allow him to spend at least ten years in the Elysee. He is the first president to be re-elected since Jacques Chirac’s victory in 2002.
“It is a wide difference,” said the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, while the Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, stated that it is “a clear victory.”
The government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, considered that Macron’s re-election is a “historic result to which a historical responsibility corresponds”.
This is the first re-election of a president since Jacques Chirac’s victory in 2002.
High abstention
This second round of the presidential election was characterized by low turnout, estimated for now at around 72%, which would be the lowest in 53 years, since the 1969 elections.
In addition, the first data indicates that there would be 6% of invalid votes.
Macron plans to intervene when concrete data is known and then celebrate his re-election on the Champ de Mars, the large grassy esplanade located at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. The huge garden can accommodate up to 90,000 people.
Le Pen’s campaign has chosen a pavilion in the Bois de Boulogne, in the west of the capital, for its election night.
