Emmanuel Macron arrived at the Élysée to follow the announcement of the results
The President of the Republic returned to the Élysée Palace in Paris after going to vote this Sunday in Le Touquet (Pas-de-Calais).
H-2 before the results of the first round: follow our special evening now on BFMTV
Exceptional device for an exceptional evening. Follow our special evening on the results of the first round of the presidential election from 6 p.m.
Find Apolline de Malherbe and Maxime Switek on BFMTV from 6 p.m. to experience the closing of the polling stations, the announcement of the election results and the first political reactions.
Then find Jean-Baptiste Boursier from 10 p.m. for the rest of this election evening.
The abstention rate in the first round in previous presidential elections
The final abstention rate for this first round of the presidential election is estimated at 26.5% according to a projection by our partner Elabe for BFMTV, L’Express/RMC with SFR.
For comparison, here are first-round abstention rates in previous presidential elections:
• 19.98% in 2017
• 18.63% in 2012
• 14.67% in 2007
• 27.16% in 2002
The final abstention rate estimated at 26.5%, according to an Elabe projection
The French shunned the ballot boxes. The final abstention rate for the first round of the presidential election at 8 p.m. is estimated at 26.5%, according to an Elabe projection and The Express produced for BFMTV with our partner SFR. This is more than in the first round in 2017: at the time, the final abstention rate was 22.23%. A level not seen since 2002 when it had reached 28.40%.
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The participation rate at 5 p.m. at the highest in the Dordogne, Aveyron and in the Gers
The turnout at 5 p.m. was highest in the departments of Dordogne (75.26%), Aveyron (74.93%) and Gers (73.71%). Conversely, the departments of Haute-Corse (51.23%), Seine-Saint-Denis (51.71%) and Paris (52.17%) are those where voters went the least to the polls.
Turnout stands at 52.17% at 5 p.m. in Paris, down 12 points from 2017
The turnout for this first round of the presidential election stood at 52.17% at 5 p.m. in Paris, a rate down twelve points compared to 2017 (64.51%).
Turnout stands at 65% at 5 p.m., the lowest since 2002
The turnout stood at 65% at 5 p.m. in the first round of the presidential election, according to the Interior Ministry. A figure down by almost 5 points compared to 2017 at the same time, and unheard of since the presidential election of 2002, where the participation rate was 58.45%. In the first round of the last presidential election, the turnout at 5 p.m. was 69.42%, compared to 70.59% in 2012.
No vote estimation, no results released before 8 p.m.
Who will be in the second round of the presidential election? If we are going to have a first estimate of the final abstention, it will however still be necessary to wait before knowing the first tendencies of the ballot – it is forbidden to disseminate indications before the closing of the last polling stations, at 8 p.m.
It is only then, and not before, that BFMTV will be able to reveal the first estimates of the Elabe Institute: here is how these figures are calculated.
25.48% participation at noon, three points less than in 2017
Participation in the first round of the presidential election on Sunday stood at 25.48% at 12 p.m., three points less than in 2017 (28.54%) and than in 2012 (28.3%), according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior. Turnout at noon was however four points higher than on 21st April 2002 (21.39%), a record year for abstention in a first round of presidential elections.
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The first round still in progress, soon a first estimate of the final abstention
The vote for the first round of the presidential election continues everywhere in metropolitan France. You still have until 7 p.m. to vote if you have not yet cast a ballot in the ballot box, and even 8 p.m. in some municipalities.
We will know in a few minutes the figures for participation at 5 p.m., before a first estimate of the final abstention made by the Elabe Institute.