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Macron reelected for second term as French president

Centrist incumbent defeats far-right leader Marine Le Pen in runoff vote, projections show

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron was reelected Sunday with some 58 percent of the vote to defeat far-right challenger Marine Le Pen, who scored around 42 percent.

  • Clea Caulcutt
  • Politico

Projections from multiple polling companies, published after voting stations closed on Sunday evening, all showed similar results for the decisive second round of the election, making Macron the first French president in two decades to win a second term.

Official results are expected later in the evening but the projection means the…

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