Pro-EU Macron wins key French presidential election

Centrist Emmanuel Macron has been elected French president with an estimated 65.8% of the vote, while his rival, far-right Marine Le Pen, took 34.2%. Revisit our live coverage of election night on our blog below.

• Macron, 39, has become the youngest president in the history of France.
  

• France's 47 million voters chose between radically different platforms: the free-trade, pro-EU policies of Macron's En Marche! (Forward!) party, and the protectionist nationalism of Le Pen's National Front.
  

• Voting stations opened at 8am (6am GMT) in mainland France Sunday, and most closed at 7pm, while those in larger cities closed at 8pm. Voters overseas began voting on Saturday.
  

• Official turnout figures have been lower than in the April 23 first round. The noon turnout was 28.2%, slightly less than the 28.5% in the first round. At 5pm, the turnout was 65.3%, lower than the 69.4% at the same time on April 23.
   
  
• It has been a historic election by several measures: both candidates were from parties outside the political mainstream. It follows an unprecedented campaign marked by scandal and repeated surprises.