The Constitutional Council proclaims Emmanuel Macron elected President of the Republic

Europe 1 with AFP 5:38 p.m., April 27, 2022, modified at 5:44 p.m., April 27, 2022

The President of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, proclaimed Emmanuel Macron President of the Republic on Wednesday for having won the absolute majority of the vote, 58.55%, on Sunday during the second round of the presidential election.

"The Constitutional Council carried out census and control operations", indicated Laurent Fabius, reporting "irregularities" observed in 48 polling stations, leading the Elders to cancel 20,594 votes, or 0.06% of the votes. expressed.

"Overall, the rules of the electoral process were respected," said the President of the Council.

The second highest abstention rate under the Fifth Republic

Out of a total of 48,752,339 registered voters, 35,096,478 voted, representing an abstention rate of 28.01%, the second highest under the Fifth Republic in a second round of presidential elections.

The Constitutional Council counted 2,333,904 blank ballots, reducing the number of votes cast to 32,057,325.

Of these, 18,768,639 went to Emmanuel Macron (58.55%), against 13,288,686 for Marine Le Pen (41.45%).

“Emmanuel Macron having received the absolute majority of the votes cast, the Constitutional Council, on April 27, 2022, proclaims Mr. Emmanuel Macron elected President of the Republic”, announced Laurent Fabius, indicating that the mandate of the newly elected “will begin from from May 14, 2022 at midnight.