Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are through to the run-off vote in the closely-fought French presidential election.
French media projections say Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are through to the run-off vote in the closely-fought French presidential election.
Centrist Macron is said to have scored 23.7% in Sundayโs first-round ballot and far-right leader Le Pen 21.7%.
A run-off vote will be held on May 7.
The right-wing candidate Francois Fillon is said to have scored 19.5% and the far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melanchon also 19.5%.
The Socialist contender Benoit Hamon is said to have scored just 6.2% of the vote.
Source: Macron and Le Pen through to French election run-off – projections | Euronews