Participation in the first round of the presidential election on Sunday stood at 65.00% exactly, at 5 p.m., down 4.4 points compared to 2017 (69.42%), according to figures from the Ministry of l 'Interior.
However, this turnout was higher (+6.5 points) than in 2002 (58.45%), a record year for abstention in the first round of the presidential election.
The five departments that voted the most at 5 p.m. are Dordogne (75.26%), Aveyron (73.93%), Gers (73.71%), Haute-Loire (73.53%) and Pyrénées-Atlantiques (72.78%).
The five departments which mobilized the least at 5 p.m. were Haute-Corse (51.23%), Seine-Saint-Denis (51.71%), Paris (52.17%), Essonne (56 .19%) and Corse-du-Sud (58.48%).
With AFP
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