Interior Ministry just prior to 10pm Paris time
- Just over 50% counted
In a nutshell:
- Interior Ministry says count does not include big cities yet
- LP and Big Mac through to the 2nd round
As bigger city counts come through the results are expected to tighten - we'll see.
Earlier:
- So many numbers, where are they all coming from?
- French election - Latest count (20mln votes), Le Pen 24.38%, Macron 22.19%French election - Early look at where the FX rates
- Le Pen, Macron to progress to 2nd round
- It's looking like Macron & Le Pen through so what does that mean for the Euro?
- French election early counts - EUR up large across the board
- French election, early count (ICYMI): Le Pen 25.1%, Macron 21.3%
- French election - Fillon concedes defeat
- French voter turnout slightly lower than the last election