Macron leads first round after 86% of votes counted

Emmanuel Macron after the announcement of the preliminary results of the first round of the French presidential electionPARIS, Apr 11 Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron, after counting 86 percent of the votes, leads in the first round of presidential elections with 27.38 percent of the vote, according to the data of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs. In second place is Marine Le Pen with 25.31 percent of the vote, Jean-Luc Mélenchon takes third place, he has 20.15 percent. The far-right candidate, the founder of the Reconquest party, Eric Zemmour, is fourth (7.8 percent), and the center-right Republican party candidate Valerie Pekress is fifth (6.62 percent). after processing 45 percent of the ballots in the capital region, Macron leads the way with 30.41 percent of the vote, followed by Mélenchon (25.24 percent) and Le Pen third (16.76 percent).Ukraine costs Macron dearly. Will France have a new presidentAfter counting 42 percent of the ballots in Paris, the incumbent head of state is in the lead with 38.99 percent of the vote. Le Pen is only sixth with 5.39 percent of the vote. The leaders are also: Mélenchon 24.52 (percent), Zemmour (9.71 percent), Pecresse (7.98 percent) and the Green candidate Yannick Jadot (7.18 percent). The second round of the presidential elections in France will be held on 24 April.