With the complex process of verifying and tallying votes expected to take days, rights campaigners and civil society groups accuse both candidates' camps of sharing misleading information online two days after the presidential vote.
Jean-Luc Melenchon, the French far-left presidential candidate, has become a kingmaker, coming third in the first round. If Macron is cold-shouldered by Melenchon's supporters, far-right Le Pen might have a chance to snatch a victory.