Emmanuel Macron has won the first round of the French presidential election, Interior Ministry figures showed.
The independent centrist and far-right Front National leader Marine Le Pen were the top two candidates in the contest.
They will now go head-to-head in a run off on 7 May. Polls have consistently shown Mr Macron well ahead.
Emmanuel Macron, 39, started his own movement En Marche! just over a year ago.
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At a rally in Paris he told supporters: "In your name, I will be... the voice of hope for our country and for Europe."
"I want to be the president of the patriots against the threat of nationalists," he said.
Projections shows Ms Le Pen finished in second, closely behind Mr Macron.
At a rally in the northern town of Henin-Beaumont she urged supporters to fight on against an "arrogant elite".
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