Emmanuel Macron emerged victorious from the 2022 presidential elections, winning the second round on April 24, 2022 with 58.54% (18,779,641 votes) against Marine Le Pen and her 41.46% (13,297,760 votes) according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior. It is necessary to underline the score of the abstention which amounts to 28.01%. The President of the Republic, re-elected for a second term, celebrated his score on the Champ-de-Mars in Paris, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. Hand in hand with his wife Brigitte Macron dressed in a suit Louis Vuitton – his favorite house, the Head of State assured that this vote obliged him to face his compatriots, then sang The Marseillaise alongside a singer very moved to perform for this occasion, Egyptian mezzo-soprano Farrah El Dibany. A relatively short, sober and solemn speech compared to the one he made in 2017 at the Louvre. He tenderly kissed the first lady on the cheek, proof of their flawless and discreet complicity.
For her part, the loser of the National Rally spoke at the Pavillon d’Armenonville in Paris, preparing for the legislative elections in June. Welcoming her party’s strong score, she said: “the ideas we represent reach new heights. (…) Tonight’s result is in itself a resounding victory.“She should stand for re-election in Pas-de-Calais, indicated on TF1 the interim president of the RN and his faithful lieutenant, Jordan Bardella.
The results of the second round of the 2022 presidential elections in detail
Emmanuel Macron :
18,779,641 votes
38.52%
58.54% (in votes cast)
Marine Le Pen
13,297,760 votes
27.28%
41.46% (in votes cast)
Total number of registrants: 48,752,500
Total number of voters: 35,096,391
Total votes cast: 32,077,401
Abstention rate: 28.01%
Blank vote: 4.57%