Second round of French presidential election held in Madrid

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At 18h the electoral college in Madrid, close the door and checking and counting the ballots begins for the second round of the french presidential elections.

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The ballot box closed at the French Institute of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Opening the ballot box at the French Institute of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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A representative of the table electoral get out of the box the votes to start the counting at the French Institute of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Counting the ballots at the French Institute of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Visit of the french ambassador at the French Consulate of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Minutes of the second round of the french presidential elections, here in Madrid, Spain.

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A representative of the table electoral counts the signatures of voter before to start the counting at the French Institute of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Counting the ballots at the French Institute of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Counting the ballots at the French Institute of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Counting the ballots at the French Institute of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Counting the ballots at the French Institute of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Checking the ballots at the French Institute of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Checking the ballots at the French Institute of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Checking the ballots at the French Institute of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Checking the ballots at the French Consulate of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Invalid vote signed by the heads of the polling at the French Consulate in Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Checking the ballots at the French Consulate of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Checking the ballots at the French Consulate of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Paper sheet for the number of votes given to each candidate at the French Institute in Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Counting the ballots of candidate François Hollande at the French Consulate of Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Paper sheets for the number of votes given to each candidate at the French Consulate in Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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The president of the electoral table counts the number of votes given to each candidate at the French Consulate in Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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The president of the electoral table give the results of the counting votes at the French Consulate in Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Paper sheet with results of one of the electoral table at the French Consulate in Madrid during the second round of the french presidential elections.

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Scrutiny and counting of votes at the French embassy and French institute in Madrid, Spain.

After opening the box and sorting of ballots begins the reconciliation and counting the number of ballots. Under the supervision of the president of the electoral poll, envelopes containing others envelopes with the ballot of each voter start by four people who check the ballots, count the number of voters, the number of valid ballots, the number of votes given to each candidate.
Francois Hollande wins the French presidency on Sunday.
He took about 51,70 percent of the vote (against 48,30 for Nicolas Sarkosy) to become France’s first Socialist president in 17 years.