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Macron Expected to Win Run-Off Against Le Pen With 61% of Votes

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Macron Expected to Win Run-Off Against Le Pen With 61% of Votes

14:21 GMT 25.04.2017

© REUTERS / Gonzalo FuentesPeople walk past campaign posters of Emmanuel Macron (L), head of the political movement En Marche! (Onwards!), and Marine Le Pen (R), French National Front (FN) political party leader, two of the eleven candidates who run in the 2017 French presidential election, are seen in Paris, France, April 10, 2017

People walk past campaign posters of Emmanuel Macron (L), head of the political movement En Marche! (Onwards!), and Marine Le Pen (R), French National Front (FN) political party leader, two of the eleven candidates who run in the 2017 French presidential election, are seen in Paris, France, April 10, 2017 - Sputnik International

Centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has the support of 61 percent of votes against the 39 percent expected to support far-right candidate Marine Le Pen ahead second presidential round in France, according to the poll.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron is expected to win the second round of the French presidential election with 61 percent of votes against the 39 percent expected to support far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, the poll conducted by OpinionWay showed Tuesday.

On Sunday, Macron and Le Pen emerged as the two top contenders in the first round of the election, set to face each other in the run-off on May 7.

Emmanuel Macron, leader of En Marche! movement, center, is seen here in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage in the Pas-de-Calais department during the first round of the French presidential elections - Sputnik International

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According to the French Interior Ministry, Macron won by a slight advantage in the first round, having got 24.01 percent of the votes, while Le Pen got 21.30 percent.

The polls conducted by the Ifop pollster after the announcement of the first round results also showed that Macron was likely to become France's next president.