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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Mimosa Spencer and Layli Foroudi

France's traditional parties bloodied by vote for far-right and hard-left

Marine Le Pen, leader of French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party and candidate for the 2022 French presidential election, gestures as she appears on stage after partial results in the first round of the 2022 French presidential election are announced, in Paris, in Paris, France, April 10, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Supporters of France's far-right and hard-left parties celebrated as presidential candidates for traditional mainstream parties failed dismally in Sunday's first-round vote.

As vote counting continued, President Emmanuel Macron was ahead of far-right party leader Marine Le Pen and polling firms estimated that far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon would win over 22% of the vote, compared to under 20% five years ago.

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