China News Agency, Paris, April 11 (Reporter Li Yang) French official statistics confirmed on the 11th that French President Macron, who is seeking re-election, and the far-right party "National League" candidate Marine Le Pen are in the first round of the French presidential election in 2022. The winner of the vote will proceed to the second round of voting.

　　Statistics released by the French Interior Ministry on the same day showed that after counting 97% of the votes, Macron won 9,560,579 votes, with a vote rate of 27.6%, ranking first among all candidates.

Le Pen won 8,109,802 votes with 23.41% of the votes.

On April 10, local time, the first round of voting in the 2022 French presidential election will be held.

The picture shows the scene of the voting scene at a polling station in central Paris, taken on the same day.

China News Agency issued Zeng Yongge photo

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

　　According to official statistics, Melenchon, the candidate of the "Unyielding France" of the far-left party, won 21.95% of the votes, ranking third; the candidate of the far-right party "Recover Lost Ground" Zemour won 7.05% of the votes, ranking first fourth.

　　Melenchon's performance in the first round of voting has attracted attention.

He was only 1.46 percentage points lower than Le Pen and failed to secure a second-round ticket by a narrow margin.

Mélenchon led the vote in several provinces.

In the Paris region, Melenchon won 30.24% of the vote, surpassing Macron and ranking first.

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

According to official data, the presidential candidate of the traditional right-wing Republican Party, the chairman of the Paris regional assembly, Pecres, won only 4.79% of the vote.

The presidential candidate of the traditional center-left Socialist Party, Paris Mayor Hidalgo, won only 1.74% of the vote.

　　As for other candidates, the French Green Party presidential candidate Jadot won 4.58% of the vote, and the French Communist Party presidential candidate Russell won 2.31% of the vote.

A total of 12 candidates are running for the French presidential election in 2022.

　　According to the French Interior Ministry, the voter turnout in the first round of the 2022 presidential election was 65% as of 5 p.m. on the 10th, lower than the turnout rate of the 2017 presidential election at the same time (69.42%).

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