LIVE – Presidential: suspense before the results of the 1st round, against a backdrop of strong abstention – BFMTV

18:35 Emmanuel Macron arrived at the Élysée Palace to follow the announcement of the results The President of the Republic returned to the Élysée Palace in Paris after going to vote this Sunday in Le Touquet (Pas-de-Calais). -2 before the results of the first round: follow our special evening now on BFMTVExceptional device for exceptional evening. From 6 p.m., follow our special evening on the results of the first round of the presidential election. Find Apolline de Malherbe and Maxime Switek on BFMTV from 6 p.m. to experience the closing of the polls, the announcement of the election results and the first political reactions. Then find Jean-Baptiste Boursier from 10 p.m. for the rest of this electoral evening. Follow our special evening on the occasion of the first round of the presidential election. © BFMTV17:29The abstention rate in the first round in previous presidential electionsThe final abstention rate for this first round in the presidential election is estimated at 26.5% according to a projection by our partner Elabe for BFMTV, L’Express /RMC with SFR. For comparison, here are the first-round abstention rates in previous presidential elections: • 19.98% in 2017
• 18.63% in 2012
• 14.67% in 2007
• 27.16% in 200217:14The final abstention rate estimated at 26.5%, according to an Elabe projection The French shunned the ballot box. The final abstention rate for the first round of the presidential election at 8 p.m. is estimated at 26.5%, according to an Elabe and L’Express projection carried out for BFMTV with our partner SFR. This is more than in the first round in 2017: at the time, the final abstention rate was 22.23%. A level not seen since 2002 when it reached 28.40%.>> Find our article HERE.The Elabe Institute projects an abstention of 26.5% at 8 p.m. © BFMTV5:07 p.m. Aveyron and Gers The turnout at 5 p.m. was highest in the departments of Dordogne (75.26%), Aveyron (74.93%) and Gers (73.71%). Conversely, the departments of Haute-Corse (51.23%), Seine-Saint-Denis (51.71%) and Paris (52.17%) are those where voters went to the polls the least.17: 07Turnout stands at 52.17% at 5 p.m. in Paris, down 12 points from 2017The turnout for this first round of the presidential election stands at 52.17% at 5 p.m. in Paris, a rate down twelve points compared to 2017 (64.51%). The departments which voted the least in the first round of the presidential election, at 5 p.m. © BFMTV5:00 p.m. Turnout stands at 65% at 5 p.m., the lowest since 2002 Turnout stands at 65% at 5 p.m. in the first round of the presidential election, according to the Ministry of the Interior. A figure down by almost 5 points compared to 2017 at the same time, and unheard of since the presidential election of 2002, where the participation rate was 58.45%. In the first round of the last presidential election, the turnout at 5 p.m. was 69.42%, compared to 70.59% in 2012. Turnout stood at 65% at 5 p.m. on April 10, 2022. © BFMTV16 : 50 No vote estimate, no results released before 8 p.m. Who will be in the second round of the presidential election? If we are going to have a first estimate of the final abstention, however, we will still have to wait before knowing the first trends in the ballot – it is forbidden to disseminate information before the closing of the last polling stations, at 8 p.m. It is only then, and not before, that BFMTV will be able to reveal the first estimates of the Elabe Institute: here is how these figures are calculated. 16:4725.48% participation at noon, three points less than in 2017 Turnout in the first round of the presidential election on Sunday stood at 25.48% at 12 p.m., three points less than in 2017 (28.54%) and than in 2012 ( 28.3%), according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior. Turnout at noon was however four points higher than on April 21, 2002 (21.39%), a record year for abstention in a first round of presidential elections.>> Find our article HERE.16:45The first round still in progress, soon a first estimate of the final abstention Voting for the first round of the presidential election continues everywhere in metropolitan France. You still have until 7 p.m. to vote if you have not yet cast a ballot in the ballot box, and even 8 p.m. in some municipalities. We will know in a few minutes the figures for participation at 5 p.m., before a first estimate of the final abstention made by the Elabe Institute.