The French Interior Ministry says more than one in four French voters in the first round of France's Presidential Election cast ballots before noon — a solid turnout compared to recent years.
After a provisional noontime count, the ministry said over 28 percent of France's 44-million-plus registered voters had cast ballots.
It was less than the 31 percent at the same time in the 2007 first-round vote, but more than in the four previous races. A high abstention rate could alter the political terrain by giving more influence to more ideological — and less centrist — voters.
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