(ANSA) – PARIS, APRIL 23 – A day of electoral silence in France on the eve of the ballot in which 48.7 million French will choose the president or president of the Republic fra Emmanuel Macron, outgoing head of state who would become the first to be confirmed after Jacques Chirac in 2002, and Marine Le Pen, who would be the first woman and first member of the far right to lead the country.
The latest polls give Macron ahead with a percentage between 55 and 57% of the votes compared to 43-45% of the opponent, a less important difference than that of 5 years ago, when the first clash between the two ended with the 66% of the votes in Macron and 34% in Le Pen.
A record abstention could upset forecasts, fueled above all by the disappointment of left-wing voters, absent from the ballot despite the excellent performance of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, head of the radical gauche of La France Insoumise (22%). The polls speak of a 25-30% share of voters who will not go to the polls.
In the meantime, seats are already open today in the French overseas territories, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and French Polynesia.
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Source: Ansa
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