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French voters are voting this Sunday in the first round of the presidential election following a campaign overshadowed by the Russian occupation of Ukraine.
According to figures published by the Ministry of Interior, turnout has reached 65 percent by 17:00 local time, a figure lower than in the first round of the 2017 presidential election (69.42%) .
Turnout in the French elections is traditionally high: turnout in the first round in 2017 was 77.77%. But before today’s vote there was a lot of talk about the high percentage of undecided voters, who were expected to abstain and some of them did so.
One reason for the low turnout is the campaign that started late, partly due to the Covid 19 pandemic and most recently due to the war in Ukraine.
Eleven politicians, including a communist and even far-right anti-immigration candidates, are seeking to oust incumbent President Emmanuel Macron, who is seeking to become the first French president in 20 years to be re-elected. the strongest race he has is with Marine Le Pen.
If one of the candidates gets over 50% of the votes, there will be no second round, otherwise (what is more likely to happen), the two candidates who will get more votes than the others, will face off in the second round of elections on April 24.
Voting will close at 20:00 and then the first polls are expected to be published in the country, which are currently banned.
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