In 2017, the divide was geographical: west of a Le Havre-Montpellier line for Emmanuel Macron, east of this line for Marine Le Pen.
Five years later, each of the two finalists has kept the pre-eminence in its strongholds, but the fracture has partly changed in nature: it pits the largest cities against rural municipalities.
Within the same department, the contrasts are spectacular.
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YOUR COMMUNE - The results of the second round of the presidential election in your area
● 63 departments for Macron, 28 for Le Pen
Five years ago, the candidate En Marche had left only two departments to his rival: Aisne (52.91%) and Pas-de-Calais (52.06%).
On April 24, 2022, the RN candidate became the majority in 26 other departments.
Some where it had already achieved its best scores in 2017 such as Corse-du-Sud (58.31%) and Haute-Corse (57.87%), Haute-Marne (56.96%), Ardennes ( 56.66%) or the Pyrénées-Orientales (56.32%).
But also others where it has achieved a good of around 10 points such as Aude, Nièvre or Lot-et-Garonne...
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