Exit polls: Macron, Le Pen win first round of French presidential election

　　China News Agency, Paris, April 10 (Reporter Li Yang) The first round of voting in the 2022 French presidential election ended on the evening of the 10th local time.

Multiple exit polls show that French President Emmanuel Macron, who is seeking re-election, and Marine Le Pen, the candidate of the far-right party "National League", won the first round of voting and will enter the second round of voting.

　　The first round of voting in the French presidential election began on the 10th.

Polling stations in Paris and other places closed at 8 pm that night (2 am Beijing time on the 11th), and then exit polls were announced one after another.

　　Macron won about 28 percent of the vote, compared with 23.2 percent for Le Pen, according to the latest exit poll released by leading pollster Ipsos.

An exit poll by France's BFM TV showed that Macron won about 28.1% of the vote, while Le Pen won 23.2%.

A number of mainstream exit polls have shown that Macron and Le Pen have won the first round of voting, with Macron leading Le Pen by about 5% of the vote.

　　Polls also show that the far-left party "Unyielding France" candidate Mélenchon won about 20% of the vote, ranking third after Macron and Le Pen; the far-right party "recover lost ground" candidate Ze Moore was fourth with about 7 percent of the vote.

　　The presidential candidates from both the traditional right-wing and center-left parties in France were eliminated in the first round of voting.

According to polling data, the presidential candidate of the traditional right-wing Republican Party and the chairman of the Paris Regional Assembly, Pecques, ranked fifth with about 5% of the vote.

The presidential candidate of the traditional center-left Socialist Party, Paris Mayor Hidalgo, won about 2% of the vote.

　　After the exit polls were released, Pecres, Hidalgo and French Green Party presidential candidate Jadot (4.5%) all said they would support Macron in the second round of the presidential election.

Melenchon stressed his firm opposition to Le Pen, calling on his supporters not to vote for her.

Zemour, from the far-right party, said he would support Le Pen in the second round of voting.

　　The second round of voting in the 2022 French presidential election will be held on April 24, and one of the top two candidates who have won the first round of voting will be elected as president.