Most French nationals in Morocco voted for incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron, as results showed 87.44% cast a vote for the centrist candidate, while far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen had only 12.56% of votes.
Overall, Macron won in the second term of the presidential elections after collecting 58,55% of votes, ahead of Le Pen, 41,46%.
Macron will preside France for a second five-year term, while Le Pen succeeded to attract more voters compared to 2017, prickly garnering a 4.76 points increase.
Résultats Maroc provisoires. EM réalise un score de 87,4%. MLP progresse de 4,8 pts vs 2017 pic.twitter.com/L88OoSlooS
— Nicolas Arnulf – Conseiller à l’AFE (@rabat_2020) April 25, 2022
In Morocco, French nationals in Fez overwhelmingly voted for Macron (92.2%), while Le Pen had only 7.8% of votes. Casablanca came next with 91% of votes for Macron, and 9% for Le Pen.
Rabat ranked 3rd with 90.9% of votes for Macron, while only 9.1% of votes went to Le Pen, followed by Tangier with 89% of votes for Macron, and 10.4% of votes for the far-right leader.
Marrakech came 5th with 78.45% of votes for Macron, and 21.55% for Le Pen, up 9.25 points compared to 2017. In Agadir, a large majority of French nationals voted for Macron 72.15%, while the far-right leader had 27.85% of votes.
Le Pen’s speech during these presidential elections attracted more French nationals, especially when stating plans related to reducing the retirement age to 60, instead of 65 as well as decreasing global prices in the country to suit the mass purchasing power.
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