Final Results of French Presidential Elections: 27.85% for Macron, 23.15% for Le Pen

Outgoing French President Emmanuel Macron topped the results of the first round of the presidential elections that took place yesterday (Sunday), with 27.85 percent of the vote, ahead of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen (23.15 percent).

The two leading hopefuls are going to re-run in the second round on April 24.

However, the candidate of the left-wing Radical Jean-Luc Melenchon came out of the race after obtaining 21.95 percent, according to the final results issued by the Ministry of the Interior, which was reported by Agence France-Presse( AFP).

The boycott rate reached 26.31 percent of registered voters, the highest level for a first-round presidential election after the 28.4 percent recorded in 2002.

Macron and Le Pen started on Monday a frantic campaign to persuade voters who are not enthusiastic about this confrontation and whose responses are unpredictable.

Opinion polls expect incumbent President Emmanuel Macron to win by a much smaller margin than the difference between him and Le Pen in the 2017 elections.