Macron and Le Pen head for French election runoff

French Presidential Election 23 april 2017
Centrist Emmanuel Macron received 23.75% of the vote, with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen taking a 21.53% share. They will go head-to-head in the second round of the French Presidential election on May 7.

Resultados de Francia: Macron y Le Pen ☑ ️Macron - 23,86% ☑ ️Le Pen - 21,43% 🇫🇷

14 antwoorden 217 retweets 240 vind-ik-leuks

This is the 1st time in modern French history that neither candidate from the main center-right or center-left party is headed to the runoff

8 antwoorden 262 retweets 347 vind-ik-leuks

BREAKING: Macron tells : 'We're turning a page in French political history'

3 antwoorden 67 retweets 178 vind-ik-leuks

Socialist candidate Hamon endorses Macron for second round, "even if he doesn't belong to the Left".

10 antwoorden 170 retweets 305 vind-ik-leuks

BREAKING: Defeated French conservative Fillon calls on supporters to support centrist Macron against the far-right leader Le Pen.

68 antwoorden 1.722 retweets 3.055 vind-ik-leuks
576 antwoorden 4.442 retweets 12.471 vind-ik-leuks
1.204 antwoorden 8.217 retweets 18.924 vind-ik-leuks
Afspelen
Beweeg je muis over de video om geluid af te spelen
0:43

Le candidat Les Républicains, qui se présente pour la première fois à la présidentielle, a voté à Paris.

74 antwoorden 228 retweets 347 vind-ik-leuks

For the first time since a while, I know that this time, my vote will matter.

4 antwoorden 72 retweets 252 vind-ik-leuks

Voting in my first election in France -- and it's a big one.

7 antwoorden 84 retweets 345 vind-ik-leuks
6 antwoorden 54 retweets 306 vind-ik-leuks
Afspelen
Beweeg je muis over de video om geluid af te spelen
0:12

Voting underway in France. 11 candidates, 11 pieces of paper. Voters take at least 2. In booth they choose 1 and put it in envelope

13 antwoorden 93 retweets 149 vind-ik-leuks
4 antwoorden 135 retweets 442 vind-ik-leuks

File d' attente à l entrée de mon bureau de vote à

174 antwoorden 123 retweets 453 vind-ik-leuks

J'ai voté ce matin à Trappes

385 antwoorden 3.086 retweets 6.772 vind-ik-leuks

plays people/glossy card on voting day with wife in conservative-bourgeois coastal town

4 antwoorden 52 retweets 161 vind-ik-leuks
59 antwoorden 532 retweets 1.127 vind-ik-leuks

With campaigning over and the final polls out, has the lead over .

5 antwoorden 126 retweets 275 vind-ik-leuks

The Economist’s sums up the French election after covering the candidates all around France.

2 antwoorden 52 retweets 69 vind-ik-leuks