China News Agency, Paris, April 27 (Reporter Li Yang) The French Constitutional Council announced on the 27th local time the final results of the second round of the 2022 French presidential election held on the 24th, and confirmed the re-election of the current President Macron.

　　French Constitutional Council President Fabius announced the final results of the vote on behalf of the Constitutional Council on the same day, confirming that Macron won the election and was re-elected president in the second round of voting by defeating Marine Le Pen, the candidate of the far-right party "National League". .

Macron's new term will start at 00:00 on May 14, 2022.

　　According to the final results of the second round of voting, after counting all the votes and excluding invalid ones, Macron won 18,768,639 votes, or 58.55%; Le Pen won 13,288,686 votes, or 41.45%.

Macron's share of votes rose slightly from statistics released by the French interior ministry earlier this week.

In addition, the abstention rate in the second round of voting was 28.01%.

　　Macron traveled to Cergy-Pontoise, a town outside Paris on the 27th, to thank local voters for their support and to show his intention to bridge popular divisions.

It was his first public event since his re-election campaign.

Macron's visit was welcomed by many local people, but a video from French BFM TV showed that he was almost hit with a tomato during his visit there.

　　Cergy-Pontoise is considered a low- and middle-income community. In the Val d'Oise department, where the town is located, Melenchon, the candidate of the far-left party "Indomitable France", led Mark in the first round of the local presidential election. Long and other candidates.

Although Macron's vote rate in the local second round was much higher than that of Le Pen, the local abstention rate in the second round was 32.57%.

　　Macron is widely expected to be considering the formation of a new government, and no firm candidate for a new prime minister has been made public yet.

Asked about the matter on the 27th, Macron said he would appoint a man dedicated to tackling social and environmental issues to the post of prime minister.

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