Qatar- France Votes in First Round of Regional Elections

12/7/2015 1:35:13 AM

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Paris December 06 (QNA) - France is set to vote in the first round of regional elections the first electoral challenge since the Paris attacks which killed 130 people.
The far-right National Front (FN) is hoping to make gains and the centre-right Les Republicains party led by former President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to win a majority of regions.
The second round is on 13 December.
Polls open at 08:00 (07:00 GMT) and close at 20:00 (19:00 GMT) with some 44 million people eligible to vote the (BBC) reported.
Both Les Republicains and the National Front are heading for around 30% of votes according to opinion polls but President Francois Hollande's Socialist Party is trailing on around 22% and looks likely to lose control of some regions. (QNA)

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