How will the losing candidates vote for in the second round?

Republican candidate Valérie Pécresse announced on Sunday that she bears responsibility for the loss, announcing her support for President Emmanuel Macron in the second round against the far-right Le Pen.

Socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo also called on the French people to vote for Macron in the second round of the presidential elections, as did Communist Party candidate Fabien Roussel, Green Party candidate Yannick Jadot, and La France Insoumise candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon.

Melenchon, who came in third with 21.7% of the vote, called on his supporters to continue their work, even if it is difficult, pleading with them not to give even one vote for Marine Le Pen.

🔴🇫🇷"Ce qui se jouera ce 24 avril n'est pas seulement un vote de circonstance mais un choix de société et même de civilisation"
Marine Le Pen s'est exprimée suite aux résultats du #1erTour, martelant son intention "de remettre la France en ordre en cinq ans" #Presidentielles2022 pic.twitter.com/VaMPX8fzAg
— FRANCE 24 Français (@France24_fr) April 10, 2022

Le Pen: To protect France against immigration

Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen called on all those who oppose Macron to vote against him.

Le Pen said that if she wins the second round, she will be a President for all French, noting that the upcoming vote will be one between two choices, and two projects.

She pointed out that she will make France a "power for peace" and will guarantee the sovereignty of the French people and protect France against immigration.

🔴 "Nous savons pour qui nous ne voterons jamais (...) Il en faut pas donner une seule voix à Marine Le Pen !"
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, arrivé troisième du #1erTour de la #présidentielle2022 avec 20,3% des voix appelle à faire barrage à l'extrême-droite #presidentielles2022 #JeVote pic.twitter.com/FACJVecnFm
— FRANCE 24 Français (@France24_fr) April 10, 2022

Her first ambition, she asserted, was to unite the French people around a national popular project that would make unite the [French] nation toward a common destiny.

Far-right losing candidate Eric Zemmour, who only got 7% of the vote, announced his support for Le Pen.