Emmanuel macron is a leader in the presidential election on the voting results in the overseas departments of France, said on Sunday, may 7, the Belgian newspaper Le Soir.
According to the newspaper, the leader of movement “Forward!” in Martinique (a Caribbean island) received 77.5 percent of the vote, in Guadeloupe (West Indies) voted for him to 75.1% and in French Guiana (northeastern South America) — 65 percent.
Sunday in France in the second round of the presidential elections. It involves the candidate from the party “national front” marine Le Pen and Emmanuel macron. The voting will last till 19:00 (20:00 GMT).
By noon local time (13:00 GMT) the turnout was 28.23 percent. In the first round, the turnout in the middle of the day amounted to 28,54 percent of registered voters.
In the first round, which was held on April 23, macron scored 24,01 percent of the vote, Le Pen — 21.3 percent.