France's outgoing president, Emmanuel Macron, was re-elected to the presidential post this Sunday by amassing 58.55% of the vote. Macron beat far-right candidate Marine Le Pen (41.45%) in the second round of the presidential election.

French analysts predicted a Macron victory, with projections indicating a 58.2% win, with Le Pen garnering 41.8%. Le Pen's 41,45% represents the highest vote figure for the far right ever.

Also the projection released by the French newspaper Le Figaro, made by the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP), points to the victory of Macron with 58% of the votes. Le Pen counted with 42% and the abstention is 28.8%, writes the Portuguese portal "Público".

By late evening, with more than 97% of the votes counted, the figures released by the French Interior Ministry showed that Macron garnered 58.55% of the vote (a total of 18,779,809) and Marine Le Pen 41.45% (13,297,728).

Emmanuel Macron's first election to the French presidency took place on May 7, 2017, with 66.10% of the total vote.

In the first round, Macron won with 27.84%, followed, with 4.7 percentage points less, by the National Union (far right) candidate, Marine Le Pen, with 23.15% of the vote.