(ANSAmed) - PARIS, APRIL 23 - According to the definitive
results released by the French Interior Ministry, Francois
Hollande is in the lead with 28.63%, Nicolas Sarkozy is in
second place with 27.18%, and Marine Le Pen is in third with
17.9% after the first round of the presidential elections held
yesterday.
So reported the all news channel France 24. In fourth place
was the far left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon with 11.11%,
followed by the centrist Francois Bayrou with 9.13%. Further
down are the Greens party candidate Eva Joly with 2.31%, the
Neo-Gaullist Nicolas Dupont-Aignan with 1.79%, the Lutte
Ouvriere one Nathalie Artaud with 0.56% and the independent
Jacques Cheminade with 0.25%. Abstentionism was at 20.53%.
(ANSAmed).
(ANSAmed).
