and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, waves to supporters after the first round of 2017 French presidential election in Paris on Sunday. Mr Macron's victory dinner celebrations at Paris's upscale Rotonde restaurant amounted to "bling-bling biz", he said. Interior ministry final figures in the highly-contested first round gave Mr Macron 23.74% of the votes against Ms Le Pen's 21.53%. A Harris survey saw Mr Macron going on to win the runoff against her by 64% to 36%. In a victory speech on Sunday, Mr Macron told supporters of his fledgling En Marche!

Source: Bangkok Post April 24, 2017 11:26 UTC