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24/04/17
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Originally posted by graywolf
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Well, The Australian called it slightly differently:
Macron and Le Pen secured the two berths for the run-off in May 7 in a result that saw the two movements that have dominated French politics for 60 years eliminated in the first round, partial results showed.
Macron, who quit current president Francois Hollande's Socialists only last year to launch a new party, led the way with over 23.54 per cent of the first round vote.
He led his Front National challenger Le Pen (22.33 per cent), with scandal-plagued Gaullist Francois Fillon and far-left challenger Jean-Luc Melenchon tied in third on 19.5 per cent.
Socialist candidate Benoit Hamon trailed in a distant fifth out of 11 candidates.
But the markets seem to have assumed that Macron will win on 7 May.
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Yes those are the actual election results. But I was referring to a snap voting intention poll with just the two candidates in it which showed Macron leading 62-38 (ipsos).
www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-23/macron-seen-defeating-le-pen-62-38-in-french-runoff-poll-says