France’s incumbent President Emmanuel Macron garnered 58.55% of the vote in the presidential election runoff after the main count of the ballots was completed, according to data published by the Interior Ministry on its website on Monday, Trend reports citing TASS.
Marine Le Pen, of the National Rally party, has mustered 41.45%.
Earlier, Le Pen called her rival to congratulate him on the anticipated victory.
The French Constitutional Council is to announce the final results of the runoff in the middle of the week.
The Interior Ministry reported a turnout of 71.99%, one of the lowest turnouts in French runoffs. The turnout dropped lower only in 1969 when 68.9% of the voters showed up at polling stations.
About 8.6% of the counted ballots in the latest vote were empty or mismarked.
02:43 (GMT+4) France’s incumbent President Emmanuel Macron garnered 56.54% of the vote in the presidential election runoff after 90% of the ballots were counted, according to preliminary data published by the Interior Ministry on its website on Sunday, Trend reports citing TASS.
Marine Le Pen, of the National Rally party, has so far mustered 43.46%.
00:23 (GMT+4) France’s incumbent president, Emmanuel Macron, has 52.59% in the presidential election runoff with 55% of the votes counted, as follows from the early returns the Interior Ministry has uploaded to its website on Sunday, Trend reports citing TASS.
Marine Le Pen, of the National Rally party, has 47.41%. The turnout is estimated at 73.76%.
22:31 (GMT+4) France’s incumbent president Emmanuel Macron, is about to emerge the winner in the presidential election runoff, Trend reports citing TASS.
According to the BFM television broadcaster, he may get 57.6% of the votes.
His rival, National Rally’s candidate Marine Le Pen is reported to have gained 42.4%. Both politicians are expected to make statements soon.
Macron has been France’s president since 2017, when he outperformed Le Pen for the first time.