Election day posters for the French presidential election in ParisPARIS, Apr 25 The current president France's Emmanuel Macron is gaining 57.41 percent in the second round of the presidential election, according to the country's Interior Ministry, after counting 97 percent of the vote. Macron's rival, the leader of the far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, receives 42.59 percent. She had already admitted defeat, but promised to continue fulfilling her obligations to the French. In particular, Le Pen said that her political movement will start a big fight in parliamentary elections. Voting ended at 20:00 local time (21:00 Moscow time). The turnout was 63.23 percent. The President of France is elected for five years. About 49 million citizens can take part in the voting. The first round was held on April 10, 12 candidates took part in it. Macron and Le Pen advanced to the second round. In the first round, the incumbent head of state won 27.84 percent of the vote, the leader of the «National Association» — 23.15 percent. The President of the French Constitutional Court will officially announce the results of the vote on April 27.
