Emmanuel Macron And Marine Le Pen Will Go Head-To-Head In French Presidential Run-Off In Two Weeks

 

Daily Mail: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to go head-to-head in French presidential run-off: Exit polls separate rivals by a handful of percentage points ahead of second round in two weeks amid surge in support for the far-Right candidate 

* An election exit poll put liberal Emmanuel Macron, 44, just four per cent in front of the Marine Le Pen, 53 

* Emmanuel Macron has reportedly scored 28.1 per cent in the first round and Marine Le Pen 23.3 per cent 

* Yet the sitting President warned voters 'nothing is certain' and called on people to unite against the far-right 

* Le Pen thanked her supporters and said: 'I intend to sew back the tears a ripped-apart France suffers from' 

* Up to 48M eligible voters chose one of 12 candidates after polls opened at 8am local time on Sunday 

* Emmanuel Macron was seen arriving with his wife Brigitte at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France 

* Meanwhile, his political nemesis and far-Right candidate Marine Le Pen cast her ballot in Henin-Beaumont 

* It came as a new YouGov survey showed more than half (56 per cent) of voters 18 to 24 would back Le Pen 

The French election is neck and neck as an exit poll put liberal candidate Emmanuel Macron just four per cent in front of the far-right's Marine Le Pen. 

The 44-year-old centrist looked set to claim 28.1 per cent of ballots cast, compared to 53-year-old far-Right National Rally candidate Marine Le Pen's 23.3 per cent.

Hard-Left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of France Unbowed, came in third place with 20.1 per cent of votes, putting him in the role of a potential kingmaker.  

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Emmanuel Macron And Marine Le Pen Will Go Head-To-Head In French Presidential Run-Off In Two Weeks  

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