The Latest: Emmanuel Macron, a centrist, pro-European Union candidate, and Marine Le Pen of the far right appeared headed toward a runoff vote on May 7 in the French presidential race.

■ Mr. Macron, an independent former investment banker, and Ms. Le Pen, the leader of the National Front party, received the most votes of 11 candidates in the first round, based on early returns and projections.

■ The result was “a full-throated rebuke of France’s traditional mainstream parties,” The New York Times’s Paris bureau chief, Alissa J. Rubin, reports. The runoff sets the country on an uncertain path that could also decide the future of the European Union.

■ Times correspondents in Paris and elsewhere in Europe followed the vote live.

Here’s what we know:

Final Results and Tallies Are Still to Come

With 96 percent of the vote counted, the Interior Ministry reports that Mr. Macron holds a narrow lead with 23.9 percent of the vote, compared with 21.4 percent for Ms. Le Pen. Even with some votes still to be counted, the consensus is that these two candidates will advance to the May 7 runoff.