Following are Interior Ministry results in the first round of France's presidential election on Sunday with 75.39 percent of vote counted.

France will hold the run-off round of the election between the top two candidates on May 6.

 
 CANDIDATE                                    PERCENTAGE OF VOTE
Nicolas Sarkozy  -  Union for Popular Movement           30.50
 Segolene Royal  -  Socialist party                       25.05
 Francois Bayrou  -  Union for French Democracy           18.34
 Jean-Marie Le Pen  -  National Front                     11.20

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 Olivier Besancenot  -  Revolutionary Communist League     4.35
 Philippe de Villiers  -  Movement For France              2.46
 Marie-George Buffet  -  Communist Party                   1.93
 Dominique Voynet  -  Greens                               1.57
 Arlette Laguiller  -  Workers' Struggle                   1.45
 Frederic Nihous  -  Hunting, Fishing, Nature and

                  Traditions Party                      1.41
 Jose Bove  -  Farmer-activist                             1.38
 Gerard Schivardi  -  Workers' Party                       0.37

 
 Registered voters covered by count so far           32,846,600
 Abstentions                                      15.43 percent
 Turnout                                          84.57 percent
 Spoiled ballots                                   1.32 percent
 Valid turnout                                    83.25 percent

(Reuters)