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2017 French presidential election

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Macron wins French presidential election over LePen by a landslide

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As it happened: Emmanuel Macron wins French presidential election

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BREAKING - Macron, Le Pen qualify for 2nd round in French presidential election

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French Presidential Elections 2017

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The 2017 French Presidential Election - Both Rounds: Final Results

The 2017 French presidential election was held on 23 April and 7 May 2017. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff was held between the top two candidates, Emmanuel Macron of En Marche! (EM) and Marine Le Pen of the National Front (FN), which Macron won by a decisive margin. The presidential election was followed by a legislative election to elect members of the National Assembly on 11 and 18 June. Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party (PS) was eligible to run for a second term, but declared on 1 December 2016 that he would not seek reelection in light of low approval ratings, making him the first incumbent head of state of the Fifth Republic not to seek reelection.