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Marine Le Pen has already admitted defeat.

In France in the evening , April 24, ended the second round of presidential elections. The current leader Emmanuel Macron and the pro-Russian politician Marine Le Pen fought for the presidency, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to RBC-Ukraine.

Exit poll results

Poll data from the sociological institute&nbsp ;Ifop:

• Emmanuel Macron («Forward Republic!») — 58%;
• Marine Le Pen («National Association») — 42%;

Customized exit poll data BFMTV:

• Emmanuel Macron («Forward Republic!») — 57.6%;
• Marine Le Pen (& #171;National Rally») — 42.4%;

France faced a choice between incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a close election. Macron has led in the polls, but a shock win for Le Pen couldn't be ruled out https://t.co/pZrBQuxMVW pic.twitter.com/UQbKHrwG8U

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 24, 2022 What were the forecasts

Before the second round of voting, three polls at once predicted a victory for Macron. As expected, the incumbent could win the support of about 56.6% of the voters.

The Ipsos study predicted that Macron would garner 57.5% of the vote, the Opinionway and Ifop poll with 57% and 55.5% respectively.< /p> How the first round ended

In the first round of voting, the incumbent was ahead of Le Pen by a few percent. According to the results of the first round, the votes were distributed as follows:

• Emmanuel Macron («Forward, Republic!») — 27.84%;
• Marine Le Pen («National Association») — 23.15%;
• Jean-Luc Mélenchon («Unconquered France») — 21.95%.

< li>Eric Zemmour («Reconquête») — 7.07% of the vote;

• Valerie Pekress («Republicans») — 4.78%;
• Yannick Jadot («Europe — Ecology — The Greens») — 4.63%;
• Jean Lassalle («Résistons») — 3.13%;
• Other candidates received less than 3% of the vote.