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11.35 pm
Emmanuel Macron leads, Marine Le Pen takes second place in French presidential election, according to early results from FRANCE 24's partner Ipsos.
11.28 pm
After the disaster of predicting the US election results, which Donald Trump won in November last year, no is taking the risk of loudly proclaiming the possible winner today. Once bitten twice shy! But the above mentioned four are widely expected to end up on top.
11.27 pm
To win the election, the leading candidate has to secure more than 50 per cent of the total votes. Since there are 11 candidates it's highly unlikely that the winner will go past the half way mark. In that case, the top two will clash again on May 7.
11.20 pm
There are 11 candidate. The four most prominent among them span the whole spectrum:
1) Marine Le Pen of far-right National Front
2) Emmanuel Macron of centrist En Marche!
3) François Fillon, centre-right The Republicans
4) Jean-Luc Mélenchon, of far-left La France insoumise
11.15 pm
Brexit. Trump's victory. And now French elections. This is perhaps the most unpredictable French elections in modern times. A lot of focus on rising support for the right-wing and extreme right-wing parties. In September we will see the same unpredictable scenario playing out in Germany too. Polls close in 15 minutes time. And exit poll results should be coming in soon after that.
11.35 pm
Emmanuel Macron leads, Marine Le Pen takes second place in French presidential election, according to early results from FRANCE 24's partner Ipsos.
11.28 pm
After the disaster of predicting the US election results, which Donald Trump won in November last year, no is taking the risk of loudly proclaiming the possible winner today. Once bitten twice shy! But the above mentioned four are widely expected to end up on top.
11.27 pm
To win the election, the leading candidate has to secure more than 50 per cent of the total votes. Since there are 11 candidates it's highly unlikely that the winner will go past the half way mark. In that case, the top two will clash again on May 7.
11.20 pm
There are 11 candidate. The four most prominent among them span the whole spectrum:
1) Marine Le Pen of far-right National Front
2) Emmanuel Macron of centrist En Marche!
3) François Fillon, centre-right The Republicans
4) Jean-Luc Mélenchon, of far-left La France insoumise
11.15 pm
Brexit. Trump's victory. And now French elections. This is perhaps the most unpredictable French elections in modern times. A lot of focus on rising support for the right-wing and extreme right-wing parties. In September we will see the same unpredictable scenario playing out in Germany too. Polls close in 15 minutes time. And exit poll results should be coming in soon after that.