The second round of voting in the 2022 French presidential election ended on the evening of April 24, local time.

French President Emmanuel Macron, who is seeking re-election, has won the second round of voting, beating Marine Le Pen, a candidate for the far-right National League, to win the presidency, multiple exit polls showed.

  The second round of voting in the French presidential election began on the 24th.

Polling stations in Paris and other places closed at 8 pm that night (2 am Beijing time on the 25th), and then exit polls were announced one after another.

  According to the latest exit poll released by leading pollster Ipsos, Macron won about 58.2 percent of the vote, while Le Pen won 41.8 percent.

An exit poll by France's BFM television showed that Macron won about 57.6% of the vote, while Le Pen won 42.4%.

The results of many mainstream exit polls show that Macron has won the second round of voting, with Macron leading Le Pen by about 15%, basically in line with the expectations of the final polls before the second round of voting.

  The French Constitutional Council previously announced that the top two presidential candidates in the first round of voting on the 10th, Macron and Le Pen, entered the second round of voting.

  Macron voted on the 24th in the town of Le Touquet in the Pas-de-Calais province of northern France, and Le Pen voted in the town of Henan-Beaumont in the Pas-de-Calais province.

After voting, both returned to Paris to await the results of the election.

Macron was informed of the exit polls at the presidential palace and Le Pen at the location of the election night event.

  Turnout is low in the second round of French presidential elections in 2022.

The turnout rate of the second round of voting was 63.23% as of 5 p.m. on the 24th, which was lower than the turnout rate of the first round of voting on the 10th (65%), and also lower than the turnout rate of the second round of the 2017 presidential election (65.3%). %).

(produced by Le Xiaomin)

Responsible editor: [Liu Pai]