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First batch of polling stations close in France

Xinhua, April 23, 2017 Adjust font size:

First batch of polling stations on France's European mainland closed at 7 p.m. (1700 GMT) local time on Sunday after being open for the first round of the presidential election for 11 hours.

Those in big cities will remain open until 8 p.m.

Polling stations on the French mainland opened at 8 a.m. Sunday. In France's oversea territories, the voting was held on Saturday.

Around 47 million French voters are expected to cast their votes at some 69,000 polling stations.

At 5 p.m. the turnout rate was registered at 69.42 percent, slightly lower than the 70.59 percent in the 2012 election, the French interior ministry said. Endit