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Clashes have erupted in Le Bastille in central Paris on Sunday evening between riot police and disappointed far left protesters following the closing of polls in the first round of the presidential election, AP reports.

According to local press, the French police have used smoke pellets and are moving toward protesters who started to break the fences at the Place de la Bastille in the center of Paris. After that, police started dispercing protesters, Sputnik notes.

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Citizens headed to the polls Sunday to vote in the first round of France’s election. Watch here for CNBC’s coverage.

The latest turnout numbers
The Interior Ministry says that at 5 pm local time, election turnout was at 69.42% compared to 70.42% at the same time in 2012.
That may understate things because polls in the cities are open an extra hour this year. The general thinking is that higher turnout would benefit the more-extreme candidates.

Our live blog is tracking reactions as French voters cast their votes in the first round of a bitterly fought presidential election.

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