Overseas France votes for President

Posted by Europe correspondent on April 22, 2017April 22, 2017

The election of a future President of France has started overseas. Overseas France (France d’outre-mer) consists of all the French administered territories outside of the Euroepan continent.

Présidentielle: le vote pour le premier tour a débuté outremer https://t.co/9Mh8uBs1BO #Presidentielle2017 pic.twitter.com/cOe5H8489C

— Présidentielle 2022 (@_elections) April 22, 2017

The front-runners Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are still the big favorites of the campaign, while Francois Fillon and Jean-Luc Mélenchon are lagging behind. Pollsters stress that any two of the four leading candidates could reach the run-off.

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