World Closely Watching Election in France

France is voting for a new President Sunday following a divisive and unpredictable campaign that included corruption accusations against leading candidates and a terror attack in Paris while the final television debate was on air. 

The last polling stations close at 8 p.m. local time (2 p.m. ET) with usually reliable exit estimates due almost immediately afterwards.

The country is sharply divided -- with the latest polls suggesting the results are too close to call. 

By 5 p.m. local time (11 a.m. ET) 69.42% of France's 47 million registered voters had cast their ballots, according to the Interior Ministry. That turnout is marginally lower than at the same point in 2012 and 2007, but considerably higher than 2002.

Security is tight at election venues across the country, still jittery just two days after the attack on a police bus in the heart of Paris, which left one officer dead.