Final results of the French presidential election

(Baonghean.vn) - On May 8, the French Ministry of the Interior announced the final results after counting 100% of the votes of the second round of the French presidential election.

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Accordingly, candidate Emmanuel Macron won 66.1% of the votes, while Ms. Le Pen won 33.9%.

President Francois Hollande and new President Emmanuel Macron walk to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument. Photo: AFP

Centrist candidate Macron won a total of 20,753,797 votes, while his opponent Le Pen won 10,644,118 votes. The absentee rate was 25.44%, the highest rate since the 1969 presidential election.

A day earlier, the French Interior Ministry announced the number of blank or invalid ballots, accounting for 9% of all registered voters, compared to 2% in the first round of the election. Together with the rate of absentees, 1 in 3 voters did not choose anyone in the second round. This year's election was a surprise because both of France's traditional major parties could not advance to the second round./.

Lan Ha

(According to AFP)