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France votes in crucial presidential run-off
Sunday May 06, 2012 07:54:11 PM,
RIA Novosti
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Paris: French people are voting in a
crucial run-off in the country's presidential polls Sunday that
could see a Socialist win for the first time since 1988.
The two candidates competing in the second round are François
Hollande, an opposition leader of the French Socialist Party, and
Nicolas Sarkozy, incumbent president and leader of the ruling
Union for a Popular Movement.
The first round of the presidential race in France ended April 22.
Hollande is leading in the latest French opinion polls, with
52.5-53.5 percent of voters saying they intend to vote for him.
Sarkozy, who had gained 27.18 percent in the April 21-22 first
round, needed a breakthrough in Wednesday's television debate in
order to retake the lead from Hollande, who had received 28.63
percent.
However, most TV viewers gave preference to Hollande, saying they
were impressed by his confident manner.
If elected, Hollande would be France's first Socialist president
since Francois Mitterrand who served two seven-year terms in
1981-1995.
Hollande will wait for the announcement of election results in his
native city Tulle.
Sarkozy will be in Paris and is expected to deliver a speech to
his supporters and journalists at the election headquarters once
the winner's name is known.
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