Voter turnout in the first round of the French presidential election was 65 percent by 5 pm local time (15:00 GMT) on Sunday, the interior ministry has said, below the 69.42 percent corresponding rate in the 2017 poll. Polls opened this morning at 8 am (06:00 GMT) in mainland France, and French media will only be allowed to share projections of results starting from 8 pm (18:00 GMT). The two top candidates, among twelve in total, will then head on to a runoff round held on April 24. Far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who was expected to come third according to the last opinion poll, earned…