Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidential election, projected results say. Macron defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen by about 65% to 35% to become, at 39, the country's youngest president, the results show. Macron will also become the first president from outside the two traditional main parties since the modern republic's foundation in 1958. Live updates: France elects MacronThe Macron team said that the new president had had a "cordial" telephone conversation with Le Pen. President François Hollande congratulated Macron and said the result showed the French people wanted to unite around the "values of the republic".

Source: The Star May 07, 2017 18:45 UTC