Let’s go for the first round. The first voters began to go to the polls on Saturday, overseas and abroad for the first round of the presidential election, while the metropolis will have to wait until 8 a.m. Sunday to decide between the 12 candidates, held in the largest discretion until the close of voting
To take into account the time difference, some overseas voters are voting as early as this Saturday. St-Pierre-et-Miquelon got the ball rolling at 8 a.m. (noon in Paris), followed by Guyana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy.
Some French people from abroad also in advance
Then comes the Pacific, with Polynesia which will start voting when it is 8 p.m. in Paris, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia.
In the Indian Ocean, where the time difference is less, Reunion will vote on Sunday at 6 a.m. Paris time and Mayotte at 7 a.m.
Some French people living abroad are also ahead, but those residing in Shanghai will not be able to vote, the largest city in China being confined in the name of the Chinese zero Covid strategy.