French presidential election: 1st round losers announce who they support – Macron or Le Pen

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French presidential election: 1st round losers announce who supports – Macron or Le Pen

Most French support Macron/dpa

In France, the first round of presidential elections took place. It is known that most of the losing candidates choose Macron.

The relevant statements were made by the politicians themselves. This became known on the evening of April 10.

Many losing politicians declared support for Macron

You should not vote for Marine Le Pen… We know that who will never vote! – said the candidate Mélenchon.

It is known that Jean-Luc Mélenchon, according to exit polls, won 21.57% of the vote and received third place in the first round of the presidential elections in France. Similar statements in support of Macron were made:

  • Green leader Yannick Jadot – won 4.9% of the vote;
  • Right-wing Republican candidate Valerie Pekress – 4.6 %;
  • Communist Fabien Roussel – 2.5%;
  • Mayor of Paris and Socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo – 1.9% of the vote.

However, far-right candidate Eric Zemmour called for support for Le Pen with 6% of the vote: “I have many disagreements with Marine Le Pen, but she opposes the man who brought 2 million immigrants to power and did not talk about immigration and identity during her campaign.”< /p>

Preliminary data for the first round of elections

According to exit polls, the winners in the first round of the presidential elections in France are:

  • current President Emmanuel Macron, from 27, 41% of the vote;
  • but Le Pen – 24.03%.

By the way, the second round of elections will take place on April 24.

By the way, according to the poll, in the 2nd round Emmanuel Macron will win with 54% of the French, while Le Pen has a boo only 46%.

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