In the first round of the French presidential election, independent centrist Emmanuel Macron won, gaining 23.7% of the vote. Ultra-right Marin Le Pen took second place with a result of 21.7% of the vote, which allowed her to go along with Macron in the second round. The current presidential elections have become the most unusual in the last 50 years, since no candidate from traditional parties has entered the second round. Z N. UA collected the most important results of the first round of the French elections.
Election Results The first two places, which signify the second round, were taken by Emanuel Macron and Marin Le Pen, gaining 23.7% and 21.7% of support respectively. In second place was "Republican" Francois Fillon, for which voted 19.9% ??of the French. A little less received the left candidate Jean-Luc Melanchon with a result of 19.6%. But the representative of the "Socialists" who are in power, Benoit Amon received only 6%. This result of socialists is the worst since 1969.
For the first time in the post-war period of the history of France, no candidate from the two main parties will enter the second round. In addition, the votes for "classic parties" also fell to the historic low. At the same time, the turnout at the current elections was at the level of 79%, which is comparable to the results of 2012.
Forecasts for the second round In addition to the best result in the first round, Makron also received support from both classical parties. First to support Macron decided the socialist Benois Amon, who called to vote against Le Pen in the second round. Later, a similar statement was made by Francois Fillon, who urged the French to prevent the Elysee Palace from being "representative of an extremist party". This support gives Macron a big advantage in the second round. Sociologists expect Makron's victory in the second round with a double overweight, receiving 62% of voters against 38%.
However, Le Pen is early to declare out of the game, as her electorate is the most motivated and will definitely come to polls on May 7. Adds confidence to Le Pen and the silence of Melanchon, who not only did not support Macron, but until the last he refused to recognize the election results. A part of the protest electorate Melanchon can decide to vote for Le Pen, despite the polar ideology of the candidates.
Le Pen has the greatest support for the whole existence of the party, which he will try to convert into a result. If this result is not the presidential election, then they can be elections to the lower house of parliament, which will take place in two months.
Response to elections According to the results of the first round of the French elections, politicians expressed themselves both inside the country and beyond its borders. Francois Hollande refused to name the candidate he would support in the second round (most likely not to strengthen the positions of the protest electorate against Macron).
The victory of Macron was appreciated in European countries, primarily Germany. With the centrist support, both Chancellor Angela Merkel's representative and Social Democrat Martin Schulz and Foreign Minister Zigmar Gabriel. Macron was supported by the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, who wished him courage in the next round of elections.
In the administration of Donald Trump, who considered his ally Marin Le Pen, in no hurry with statements about the support of certain candidates. In addition, a representative of the White House said that Trump did not officially support Le Pen.
One of the main indicators of the reaction of Europe to the leadership of Macron was the stock markets and the exchange rate. Immediately after the victory of Macron in the first round, the euro reached its highest level in the last 5 months.
Read more about the main candidates for the office of French President in the article of Yulia Oksana Mitrofanova "Presidential elections in France. Consequences for Ukraine "in the weekly" Mirror of the Week. Ukraine".