Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen in the second round of France's presidential election. - Greater Paris largely backed Macron in round 1 - Le Pen failed to capture support in metropolitan areas - Mélenchon contested Macron in the largest cities
Paris French President Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen in the second round of the country's presidential election, setting up a rematch of their runoff contest in 2017.
Centrist Macron and Le Pen, a long-time standard-bearer for the French far-right, were the top two candidates in the first round of Sunday's vote, picking up 27.8% and 23.2% of the ballots respectively, according to the French Interior Ministry. Twelve candidates ran for the top job. Since none of them received more than 50% of the ballots in the first round, the top two candidates will face each other in a runoff on April 24.
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