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In every election since 1965 according to the above image, the “blank” vote was higher in the 2nd round. So to see figures quoted of 66% and 34% conveniently ignores abstentions and blank votes.
Typically since 1965, we see double the blank votes in the 2nd round This would generate a figure of 5.2%. If however the blank votes were significant, say 10% or more, the claim of 66% winning margin becomes even more untenable.
Once the official figures are available, I will revisit the table below.
| Number | % Of registrants | % Of voters | |
| Registerered | 47 581 118 | ||
| Abstentions | ?? | ||
| Voters | ?? | ?? | 100,00 |
| Blank | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Nuls* (dummies??) | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Expressed | ?? | ?? | ?? |
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I was listening to the election coverage on the BBC a few hours ago and the numbers didn’t add up for me either.
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I got the figures from the official site. Macron actually got 43.6% of registered voters. Not the empahtic 66% quoted in television reports.
A bit disappointing really…all these channels and time but not enough insight, analysis.
The best cvommentary on the results was by RT when they interviewed Slavoj Žižek.
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