French election turnout at 65% at 1500 GMT, down on 2017 - official data
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- France
Turnout figures for the first round of France's presidential election on Sunday showed a 65.0% participation rate by 5 p.m. (1500 GMT), the interior ministry said, below the 69.4% recorded at the same time in 2017.
Voting started at 8 a.m. and will end at 8 p.m., when first projections of results are expected.
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