The days are numbered. The current head of state, Emmanuel Macron, his re-election is at stake against the far-right candidate, Marine LePen. The image of 2017 is repeated but, this time, the polls predict more even results between the two politicians.
The next sunday april 24 French citizens will vote for their future president in the second round. In this way, the candidate who manages to capture the largest number of supports will be made with the Elysee. Everything indicates that the battle at the polls will be close, since the polls show very different results from those of 2017, when Emmanuel Macron got a difference of 33 points with respect to its rival.
According to the poll of OpinionWay-Kéa Partners for the newspaper ‘Les Echos’the leader could star a drop in support of more than 10 points: going from 66.1 to 54%. The opposite would happen to the far-right, as her votes would increase by more than 10 points to 46 percent.
What were the results of the elections in France in the first round?
The french citizens went to the polls for the first time-since 2017-last April 10th. It was then that the current president, Emmanuel Macron achieved 27.6% supporta figure that forces him to face each other in a second round to try to reach the presidency again.
The second place on the podium– and therefore the second candidate for this April 24 – was won by Marin Le Pen, with 24.51% of the votes. Out of the second round of these elections was Jean-Luc Mélenchon with 21.0%, Éric Zemmour with 6.94% and Valérie Pécresse with 4.76%.
How were the votes distributed in the first round of the elections in France?
The results of the first round of elections in France found support for Emmanuel Macron in the center and west of the country, as can be seen in the following video. For its part, the extreme right of Marine Le Pen was done with the rest of the regions.
In the case of large cities, Macron was the winner in four of them. In the other six the victory went to Mélenchon’s left. Conclusions can also be drawn by age:
-The younger They mostly chose melenchon. In the group between 18 and 24 years old, the left took 34% of the votes and it also achieved it in the group between 25 and 34 years old.
-The voters between the ages of 35 and 64 voted overwhelmingly for Marine LePenwith 29% of the votes.
– Macron was victorious in the age group of older than 65 years with the 41% of the votes of that strip.
What was the turnout in the first round of elections in France?
The participation in these elections It was low, of 65%. Specifically, it fell four points compared to that registered in the previous elections in the country. A high abstention which has not been recorded since 2002, 20 years ago.
The defeat of the left was one of the most significant events of those elections: the Socialist Party disappearance or refoundation is at stake, because with the data obtained has not even reached the 5% minimum to join parliament.
Source: Lasexta
Mario Twitchell is an accomplished author and journalist, known for his insightful and thought-provoking writing on a wide range of topics including general and opinion. He currently works as a writer at 247 news agency, where he has established himself as a respected voice in the industry.
