Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron won Sunday's runoff vote of the French presidential election, defeating his far-right rival Marine¹ Le Pen, according to polling agency projections² issued after the vote.

 

法国总统大选周天举行最后一轮投票，投票结束后民调机构预测中间派候选人伊曼纽尔·马克龙击败极右派对手玛丽娜·勒庞赢得此次选举。
 

 

An estimation by research firm Elabe for BFMTV show that Macron won the presidential race with 65.9 percent of votes, while Le Pen scored 34.1 percent. 

 

Other estimations also indicate that Macron garnered³ between 65 to 66.1 percent of votes, and Le Pen between 33.9 to 35 percent. 

 

The results will make the 39-year-old former minster of economy the eighth president of the French Fifth Republic, and the youngest one ever.

 

In his first speech delivered after the win, Macron expressed "profound gratitude⁴" to his voters, pledging to "calm the fears" and "bring all the French together."

 

"It's a great honor and a great responsibility," he said, promising⁵ to protect "the most fragile" and fight against "all sorts of inequality and discrimination."

 

"I am going to serve on your behalf with humility⁶, with devotion, with determination," said Macron.

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