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🔴In #France, it's time to #vote🗳️... today is the first round of the #FrenchElections!

🇫🇷Follow our #liveblog as the French head to the polls this Sunday, and don't miss our special election night coverage starting 7pm Paris time! #presidentielles2022

📲f24.my/8XPA
It's a beautiful morning in #Paris 🇫🇷, as French #voters 🗳️gather in polling stations to choose their candidate from the 12 names on the ballot.

F24's @JamesCreedonF24 reports from the capital's 17th arrondissement about how the process works and how voters are feeling today⤵️
@JamesCreedonF24 📲For the results, reactions, and analysis of this first round of the #FrenchElection 🇫🇷, tune in to FRANCE 24 tonight from 7pm Paris time onwards to follow our special coverage!
#presidentielle2022
@JamesCreedonF24 🔴🇫🇷#FrenchElection: Voter turnout 🗳️ is at 25.48% this noon.

This is down from the 2017 election, when 28.5% of voters turned out at midday.

📲Follow our #liveblog for more coverage of Round 1 of #presidentielles2022

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@JamesCreedonF24 🇫🇷🗳️Today marks Round 1 of the #FrenchElection2022 !

🎤In sunny #Paris, our reporters are on the ground to bring you coverage as the vote continues. Polls will close at 7pm French local time, 8pm in larger cities.

📲For more coverage, visit our #liveblog f24.my/8XPA
@JamesCreedonF24 🇫🇷🗳️#French #voters living abroad cast ballots in the first round of the #presidentielles2022 on Saturday, the day before voters in mainland France started going to the polls.

"It’s the emotion of preparing for our future and that of our children” said a voter in New York⤵️
@JamesCreedonF24 🇫🇷🗳️What do you need to know about #France’s presidential #election, the first round of which is today?

Our journalists explain ▶️ #presidentielles2022
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@JamesCreedonF24 🇫🇷🗳️How do French voters feel about the #election today?

"It was important for me to come vote today," Aurélie, 50, said.

FRANCE 24's @KatrineLyngsoe reports from sunny #Paris⤵️
@JamesCreedonF24 @KatrineLyngsoe 🇫🇷🗳️How are #French voters feeling about the #election today?

"It was evident that I would come out to vote today... I've been thinking about it for such a long time," Sara, 18, said.

FRANCE 24's @KatrineLyngsoe reports from #Paris⤵️
@JamesCreedonF24 @KatrineLyngsoe 🇫🇷🗳️How do the #French #presidential #elections work?

Who is eligible to vote, who is eligible to run for the presidency, and why are there two rounds?

FRANCE 24's James Mulholand breaks it down⤵️
@JamesCreedonF24 @KatrineLyngsoe 🔴🇫🇷 In Round 1 of the French #presidentielles2022 elections today, voter turnout at 5pm local time stood at 65% - down 4.4 points from 2017.

📲Follow our #liveblog for more coverage

f24.my/8XPA
@JamesCreedonF24 @KatrineLyngsoe 🇫🇷Across the country and all over the globe, #French #voters 🗳️ are casting their ballots for the #presidentielles2022 election.

The two candidates who garner the most votes will qualify for the election’s second and final round on April 24.

@Selina_Sykes reports⤵️
@JamesCreedonF24 @KatrineLyngsoe @Selina_Sykes 🇫🇷🗳️#FrenchElection: the final rate of #abstention is expected to reach 26.5%, according to Ipsos-Sopra Steria.

This is just over 4 points higher than the 22.2% recorded five years ago, in the first round of the 2017 presidential election

#presidentielles2022
@JamesCreedonF24 @KatrineLyngsoe @Selina_Sykes 🇫🇷🗳️Polls will close at 7pm local time and 8pm in larger cities.

📲For the results, candidate reactions, and analysis of this first round of the #FrenchElection, tune in to FRANCE 24 tonight from 7pm Paris time onwards to follow our special coverage!
#presidentielle2022

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