France's Emmanuel Macron looks set to comfortably beat his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in Sunday's election, securing a second term as president on his pro-business and pro-EU agenda.
Centrist Macron looks set to gain around 58% with Marine Le Pen of the nationalist and far-right National Rally party on 42%.
Immediately after the exit polls, Le Pen spoke to her supporters in Paris and accepted defeat. She said her result was a "victory" for her political movement and pointed to parliamentary elections which take place in June.
Despite the predicted victory for Macron, the margin represents a smaller gap between the two candidates.
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