Between doubts and abstention, and after months of an atypical campaign, the French vote Sunday, April 10 for the first round of the presidential election.

Turnout stood at 65% at 5 p.m., down 4.4 points compared to 2017 (69.42%), according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior.

However, this turnout is 6.5 points higher than in 2002 (58.45%), a record year for abstention in the first round of a presidential election.

The twelve candidates voted this morning.

The point in pictures.


Directed by:

Olivier JUSZCZAK

  • The Lutte Ouvrière candidate, Nathalie Arthaud, voted in Pantin, in Seine-Saint-Denis, on Sunday April 10.

  • She is a teacher by profession in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis.

  •  Fabien Roussel voted in the North, in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux.

  • With his companion Dorothée. 

  • Outgoing President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte voted in Le Touquet.

  • The president offered a walkabout on the way. 

  • Jean Lassalle, the rurality candidate, voted in the small town of Lourdios-Ichères.

  • He slipped his ballot into the ballot box, with a smile, around 10:30 a.m.

  • Marine Le Pen voted in Hénin-Beaumont in Pas-de-Calais.

  • She has been a deputy there since 2017.

  • Eric Zemmour was in the VIIIth arrondissement of Paris.

  • Where he slipped his ballot into the ballot box. 

  • Jean-Luc Mélenchon voted in a school in his constituency in Marseille.

  • Shortly before 11 a.m., he slipped his ballot into the ballot box.

  • Anne Hidalgo was the first to go to the polls this Sunday morning at 8:40 a.m.

  • The socialist candidate and mayor of Paris went to a polling station located in the 15th arrondissement of the capital.

  • Yannick Jadot arrived at his polling station around 11:30 a.m.

  • He slipped his ballot into the tenth arrondissement of Paris.

  • The LR candidate and president of the Île-de-France region Valérie Pécresse was in the Yvelines.

  • In the town of Vélizy-Villacoublay.

  • Philippe Poutou came to vote with his family on April 10, 2022.

  • In Bordeaux, where he is a municipal councilor.

  • Nicolas Dupont-Aignan voted in Essonne.

  • In his town of Yerres. 

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