Translate the following English sentence to French:
"It was under those circumstances that the elections of April and May were held and, as we feared, they turned out to be a farce, and were recognised and denounced as such by anyone looking on."
Les élections d'avril et de mai se sont déroulées dans ce contexte et, comme nous le craignions, il s'est agi d'une farce, comme le reconnaissent et le dénonce ceux qui ont suivi la situation.