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We are going to close the live blog now. There remains just one department to be counted and its results won’t change the overall picture. Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen won the first round of voting and will head into a run off second round on 7 May.

For more on the night’s news from France, take a look at Angelique Chrisafis’s election wrap. Our evening summary is also a good place to find all the main things you need to know. There will be a new live blog starting in about three hours. Thanks for reading!

Just as we are closing Reuters is reporting the final figures: Macron has 23.75% of votes and Le Pen has 21.53%, while Fillon has 19.91% and Melenchon has 19.64% according to the interior ministry.