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Macron remains favourite as France votes for new president
65.3% of voters had turned out by 11pm Sunday ; pollsters see likely abstentions as highest among left-wing voters
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Sun, May 7, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Paris
THE French people voted on Sunday in a presidential election that pit a pro-European Union centrist against a eurosceptic, anti-immigration far- rightist, with early figures indicating turnout could be low, but above most recent forecasts.
Opinion polls predict 39-year-old ex-economy minister Emmanuel Macron will win the five-year presidency, seeing off the challenge from National Front leader Marine Le Pen after an election campaign full of scandal and upsets.
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