French voters have elected centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country's youngest president ever, delivering a resounding victory to the unabashedly pro-European former investment banker and strengthening France's place as a central pillar of the European Union.
A crowd of Mr Macron's supporters roared with delight at the news, jubilantly waving red, white and blue flags at a victory party outside the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Marine Le Pen, his far-right opponent in the presidential runoff, quickly called the 39-year-old to concede defeat after voters rejected her "French-first" nationalism by a large margin.
The result was not even close — official results showed Mr Macron had won roughly 65 per cent of the votes.
Ms Le Pen's score of roughly 35 per cent proved lower than her campaign polling numbers and dashed hopes that the populist wave which swept Donald Trump into the White House would also carry her to France's presidential Elysee Palace.
Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull also wished Macron for his historical win by putting a twitter message in his official twitter account.
