Final French vote count puts Emmanuel Macron, Le Pen through to second round

Reuters

24/04/2017

03:25 MYT

Final French vote count puts Emmanuel Macron, Le Pen through to second round

A combination picture shows portraits of the candidates who will run in the second round in the 2017 French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron (L), and Marine Le Pen. - REUTERS pic

Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen led the first round of France's presidential election, qualifying for a second-round runoff in two weeks, final voting figures from the Interior Ministry showed on Monday.

The figures put Macron on 23.75 percent of votes and Le Pen on 21.53 percent, followed by conservative Francois Fillon at 19.91 percent and far-leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon on 19.64 percent, the ministry said in a statement.