Most candidates are asking their supporters to vote for Macron in the second round to rule out Le Pen. THE Emanuel Macron and Marin Lepen are running in the second round of the April 24 presidential election, according to initial estimates after the ballot box closed. Specifically, the 44-year-old centrist incumbent President is estimated to garner from 28.1% to 28.6% of the vote, with the 53-year-old far-right politician receiving from 23.3% to 24.4%. The third Jean-Luc Melanson is estimated to win about 20.2% of the vote.
Green candidate Yannick Zando and French Communist Party candidate Macron called for a vote on April 24 to prevent the far right from winning the Elysee Palace.
French Conservative Eric Siotti says he will not vote for President Macron in second round presidential elections on April 24th.
“I will not give voting instructions to anyone … The French people are free to vote for whomever they want. What I can tell you tonight is that I will not vote for Emanuel Macron,” Siotti told his supporters.
The Conservative Republican candidate of his party, Valerie Pekres, did not advance to the second round.
The socialist mayor of Paris and presidential candidate Anne Indalgo, who did not run in the second round will support French President Emmanuel Macron in the second round.
“In order for France not to fall into the hatred of all against all, I officially call on you to vote on April 24 against the far right of Marine Le Pen,” he said.
According to a preliminary estimate by the polling company IFOP, Indalgo is expected to receive 1.9% of the votes in the first round.
Melanson, who came third in the first round, asked his supporters not to vote for Le Pen.
Concern about the abstention rate
The turnout in the first round of the French presidential election was 65% at 17.00 French time (18.00 Greek time), lower by 4.4 points compared to the 2017 elections (69.42%), according to data from the Ministry of Interior.
Turnout, on the other hand, was 6.5 points higher than in 2002 (58.45%), a record year for abstaining from a first round of presidential elections.
Between 24% and 26% provided for abstentionaccording to estimates published by French media, while Macron called on citizens to go to the polls and vote.
The percentage of abstention appears to be higher than in the first round of the 2017 presidential election which was at 22.2%. However, it will probably be lower than the maximum turnout in the first round of the French presidential election, ie 28.4% in 2002.
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