In the second round of the presidential election in France, where President Emmanuel Macron and the far-right Marine Le Pen compete, the people go to the polls to vote.
In the country with approximately 48.7 million voters, voting started at 08:00 local time and will end at 19:00. In big cities, votes can be cast until 20:00.
Research companies will be able to start giving the estimated results of the election as of the closing of the polls.
Official results will be announced by the Constitutional Court on April 27.
In the opinion polls, President Emmanuel Macron reached 57.5 percent support; The far-right Marine Le Pen remained at 42.5 percent.
Center-right Republican Party (LR) candidate Valerie Pecresse, who was eliminated from the first round of the election, center-left Socialist Party (PS) candidate Anne Hidalgo and Green Party (EELV) candidate Yannick Jadot, as well as former President Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, many politicians, Important names of the sports and art world, non-governmental organizations, demand the support of Macron from the voters to prevent Le Pen from coming to power.
In the opinion polls, it is stated that 42 percent of the voters of the ultra-leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon, who received 21.95 percent of the vote in the first round, will vote for Macron and 25 percent for Le Pen.
After the first round of the election, where Macron defeated the candidates of the traditional right and left parties, it was seen after the polls that he managed to convince the Melenchon supporters, especially with the statements he made about the climate and the economy.
According to the polls, the rate of those who support Macron among Melenchon voters has increased by 7 percent in the last week.
Le Pen’s efforts to get votes from Melenchon supporters did not yield any results either. Le Pen found the support he sought in the voters of the far-right Eric Zemmour, who received 7 percent of the vote in the first round of the election. According to polls, 72 percent of Zemmour fans will vote for Le Pen in the second round.
As of 12:00, 26.4% of the voters went to the polls.
The French Ministry of Interior announced the percentage of voters who voted in the voting process, which started at 08:00 local time.
Accordingly, as of 12:00, 26.41% of the voters went to the polls. This rate was determined as 28.23 percent in the 2017 presidential election.
Macron voted in the city of Le Pen de Henin-Beaumont, in the northern city of Touquet.
Voting will end at 19:00 local time in the country with approximately 48.7 million voters. Votes will be cast until 20:00 in big cities.
Research companies will be able to start giving the estimated results of the election as of the closing of the polls.
Official results will be announced by the Constitutional Court on April 27.
