Dunno what you read but Melenchon is the left candidate. He said not one of his votes should go to Le Pen.Looks like the French election is going to be a runoff between Le Pen 24% and Macron 28%. A third candidate, Melenchon or something, managed to get 21%. He has said that his voters should vote for Le Pen in the runoff.
Might just get rid of little Napoleon.
By the way, France managed to vote in a single day, on paper, with little mechanical assistance, and have 98% of the results by end day. No stops, no pizza boxes blocking windows, just voting.