MACRON. Emmanuel Macron would arrive at the top of the first round of this presidential election 2022, this Sunday April 10 with 28%, followed by Marine Le Pen with around 24%. Barely the first estimates fell, the other candidates are already choosing which of the two to support, for the second round.
22:33 – Who voted for Emmanuel Macron? The candidate popular with retirees
According to an Ipsos survey carried out for FranceInfo, Emmanuel Macron retained the vote of 38% of retirees, and 35% of executives. Only 17% of employees and 18% of workers chose it in the first round. If we refer to the age of the voters, they are 41% of those over 70 who voted for Emmanuel Macron. And looking at the votes according to the level of income, we note that Emmanuel Macron comes first (35%) among the French earning more than 3000 euros per month. For more numbers, click here.
22:16 – Video: find the full speech of Emmanuel Macron
Below, discover the full speech of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron after the announcement of the provisional results of the first round, broadcast on Europe 1:
22:10 – What predictions for a Macron-Le Pen second round?
On this graph, you can find the details of the vote postponements for the second round of the presidential election. A first Ipsos poll gives Macron the winner on April 24 with between 51 and 57% of the voting intentions (54%, more or less a margin of error of 3%). This survey was carried out on April 10, after 8 p.m., with a sample of 2,000 people.
22:02 – Emmanuel Macron “against the high cost of living”
Here is an excerpt from candidate Macron’s speech, in front of his supporters at the Porte de Versailles: “I want a France that brings progress for everyone, for our elders, for our children, for our elders, for our families, for single women , for the precarious, not a France of regression for all, it is not us. (…) The only credible project against the high cost of living is ours. The only project of the workers, of all those who are on the verge of unemployment, it is ours. The only project of France and of Europe is ours. I believe in us, in all of us, whatever our origins, our territories, what whatever our opinions and our beliefs. So during the next fortnight, let’s spare no effort because nothing is done. Let’s be humble, determined. Let’s convince each and everyone.”
21:57 – Second round: first poll
Here we go ! While the results of the first round are only partial for the moment, the first polls on the outcome of the second round have fallen. According to an Ipsos-Sopra Steria poll carried out for France Télévisions and Radio France, Emmanuel Macron would come out on top in the second round, with 54% of the votes, ahead of Marine Le Pen.
21:51 – Emmanuel Macron greets his opponents in alphabetical order
Continuing, the candidate Macron wanted to greet one by one the eleven candidates who faced him in the first round, favoring alphabetical order as a sign of neutrality. Subsequently, he more specifically thanked the candidates who had already displayed a position of support for him in the second round, or in any case an opposition to Marine Le Pen: “I thank Anne Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Valérie Pécresse and Fabien Roussel who have given me their support this evening. I invite our fellow citizens, whatever their vote in the first round, and whatever their sensitivity, to join us. Some will do so to to block the extreme right, and I am fully aware that it will not be worth supporting my project, and I respect it. I know that it is the choice made by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. I want to salute their clarity here. “
9:50 p.m. – Emmanuel Macron thanks those who voted for him
Beginning of Emmanuel Macron’s speech, who just arrived at Porte de Versailles: “Your trust honors me, obliges me and commits me. You can all count on me to implement this project of progress, opening (…). I would like to thank all those who have given so much by my side, your energy, your work, your days and your nights. I know what I owe you. Thank you!”
9:47 p.m. – Arrival of Emmanuel Macron at his HQ
Emmanuel Macron, who came first in the results after the first round, has just entered his campaign headquarters, Porte de Versailles, where his voters have been waiting for him since the start of the evening. His speech should start in a few minutes.
9:32 p.m. – Marlène Schiappa speaks on Emmanuel Macron’s score
Marlène Schiappa, Secretary of State for Citizenship, spoke about the outcome of this election evening: “I thank those who chose Emmanuel Macron in the first round. I also respect those who made a Another choice is democracy. It is now up to us to convince those who voted for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Fabien Roussel and others.”
9:25 p.m. – Rachida Dati calls to vote for Emmanuel Macron
On France 2 Rachida Dati said: “With great seriousness, I tell you, I call for a vote for Emmanuel Macron. My differences with him are less serious than seeing him come to power. [le RN]. I am very angry with the left, which has distanced itself from the concerns of the French by abandoning security and schools. (…) I am very angry, because the debate has been confiscated.”
21:08 – Graphic: result of the first round, Macron in the lead
To better visualize the scores estimated by Ipsos at the end of the first round of the presidential election, here is a graph produced by Politico. In yellow, we find Emmanuel Macron in the lead, and in navy blue, his opponent Marine Le Pen. A visual construction which also makes it possible to compare the results with those of the first round in 2017.
France’s next president will be either incumbent Emmanuel Macron or far-right leader Marine Le Pen, according to projections by polling institute Ipsos.
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21:03 – At Emmanuel Macron’s HQ, a flat atmosphere
According to the journalists present on the spot, the atmosphere is not so festive among the macronists, Porte de Versailles. They would only show emotion when, on the giant screen installed for the occasion, a candidate opposing theirs would call to vote for Emmanuel Macron in the second round, or, failing that, against Marine Le Pen. This is the case, so far, of Anne Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot, Fabien Roussel, or Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Valérie Pécresse, she did not give instructions to her supporters, but declared that she herself would vote Emmanuel Macron “in conscience”.
9:00 p.m. – Jean-Luc Mélenchon: “We must not give a single voice to Madame Le Pen”
The Popular Union candidate, who came third after the first round of the presidential election according to the first estimates of the vote count with around 20% of the votes, began his speech and called on the French people to “ne not give a single voice to Madame Le Pen”. Here are some excerpts from Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s speech: “The picture you see before your eyes was wanted by the fact of the institutions, which leads to asking you to choose between two evils. (…) I know your anger. Don’t give in to her making you commit errors that would be definitively irreparable. As long as life goes on, the fight goes on! (…) We must not give a single voice to Madame Le Pen! We must not give a single vote to Madame Le Pen! We must not give a single vote to Madame Le Pen! (…) This being said, let us not hide the violence of disappointment, thinking of all that would have been undertaken and which will not be.”
20:54 – Fabien Roussel calls implicitly to vote Emmanuel Macron
In his speech, the communist candidate Fabien Roussel, who peaks at 3% according to the first estimates of the results of the first round, asks Emmanuel Macron to give up his “senseless” reforms, particularly on retirement. The candidate, however, calls for blocking the far right by voting for Emmanuel Macron in the second round, without naming him: “I will never allow Madame Le Pen to take power. We will never trivialize the far right and her ideas. I call on all French people to use the only ballot at our disposal to beat her in the second round.”
20:45 – Yannick Jadot also calls to vote Emmanuel Macron in the second round
The environmental candidate Yannick Jadot, who won around 4% of the vote following the provisional results of the first round of the presidential election, began his speech at his headquarters in Paris: “I call on my voters to block the far right by placing a Macron ballot in the ballot box on April 24. No one should minimize the threat from the far right! (…) But our vote is not worth guarantee (…). It is worth even less support. It is up to the candidate Emmanuel Macron to create the conditions for a rally.”
The Macron – Le Pen duel for the second round of the 2022 presidential election has already been the subject of numerous polls during the campaign. Each time, Emmanuel Macron will have been given the winner of the election, but with a gap that narrowed considerably in the final days before the ballot. As a reminder, during the last presidential election, Marine Le Pen was largely beaten in the second round with 33.90% of the vote against 66.10% for Emmanuel Macron.