Sarkozy: Official Results

Nicolas Sarkozy Dept: Hollande heads into the May 6 second round with the upper hand after narrowly edging the conservative Sarkozy in the first round of France's voting Sunday, according to near-complete official results, according to The Star. With 93 per cent of the vote counted, Hollande had 28.4 per cent of the ballots cast and Sarkozy 27 per cent, according to figures released by the Interior Ministry and pARIS Fran ois Hollande, a mild-mannered French Socialist who wants to take better care of the jobless and the poor, is heading to a presidential runoff election against tough-on-immigration Nicolas Sarkozy in a vote that could alter Europe's political and economic landscape. In the biggest surprise of the campaign, nearly one in five voters chose far-right candidate Marine Le Pen instead, handing her a solid third place and a chance to weigh in on French politics with her anti-immigration platform that targets France's millions of Muslims. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.