French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have come out on top of France’s first-round presidential election, qualifying for the April 24 runoff, according to initial projections.

Macron was ahead of Le Pen in Sunday’s first round of the presidential vote, according to separate estimates by pollsters Ifop, OpinionWay, Elabe and Ipsos.

Macron won 28.1 to 29.5 percent of votes, while Le Pen won 23.3 to 24.4 percent of voter support, they projected. The far left’s Jean-Luc Melenchon polled third, with approximately 20 percent, the projections showed.

Following the announcement of the projections, Macron received the backing of the defeated Socialist, Communist, Green and right-wing candidates in his second-round election battle against Marine Le Pen