Far-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon finished in third place with 21.95 percent. The final results are not very different from the preliminary ones, published on Sunday evening after the first round of voting.
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The far-right former journalist Éric Zemmour has also crossed the critical 5% threshold, which determines the amount of the state contribution to the election campaign. He gained 7.07 percent and supported Le Pen for the second round.
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Republican Valérie Pécresse finished in fifth place with 4.78 percent, who had already asked her supporters for financial support to pay for the campaign.
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73.69 percent of registered voters reached the polls on Sunday. It is the second lowest turnout in the first round of the presidential election, the lowest in 2002.
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Both Macron and Le Pen launched a campaign on Monday before the second round, which will be on April 24. Surveys predict a close battle.
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Unsuccessful candidates began to express support for the other two on Sunday evening. Most of them supported the current head of state of Macron. He competed with Le Pen in the second round for the Elysee Palace five years ago.
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