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POLL: SARKOZY LIKELY TO LOSE TO HOLLANDE
press tv
Wed Nov 2, 2011 5:17PM GMT
Francois Hollande (L), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R).
The Socialist party's presidential candidate, Francois Hollande,
has extended his lead over incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the race to
become France's next president, an opinion poll suggests.
The poll found 39 percent of the surveyed individuals will vote for
Hollande and 24 percent for Sarkozy. About 1,013 eligible French voters
were surveyed by telephone, pollster CSA said on October 26, 2011.
Among the other candidates, Marine Le Pen is expected to win 14 percent
of the votes, the centrist candidate Francois Bayrou, who came third
in the 2007 presidential election, 8.5 percent, Jean-Luc Melenchon
of the Front de Gauche 6.5 percent, and the Ecologist-Green party
candidate, Eva Joly, will come last with only 5 percent of the votes.
With less than one quarter of the voters in favor of Sarkozy
re-election, the result shows the high disapproval of the president
and his government among French.
The French President has also been criticized for his participation
in the US-led wars in the Middle East and North Africa.
The first round of France presidential election is scheduled for
April 22. If no candidate wins the majority, a run-off between the
leading two will take place on May 6.
From: Baghdasarian
press tv
Wed Nov 2, 2011 5:17PM GMT
Francois Hollande (L), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R).
The Socialist party's presidential candidate, Francois Hollande,
has extended his lead over incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in the race to
become France's next president, an opinion poll suggests.
The poll found 39 percent of the surveyed individuals will vote for
Hollande and 24 percent for Sarkozy. About 1,013 eligible French voters
were surveyed by telephone, pollster CSA said on October 26, 2011.
Among the other candidates, Marine Le Pen is expected to win 14 percent
of the votes, the centrist candidate Francois Bayrou, who came third
in the 2007 presidential election, 8.5 percent, Jean-Luc Melenchon
of the Front de Gauche 6.5 percent, and the Ecologist-Green party
candidate, Eva Joly, will come last with only 5 percent of the votes.
With less than one quarter of the voters in favor of Sarkozy
re-election, the result shows the high disapproval of the president
and his government among French.
The French President has also been criticized for his participation
in the US-led wars in the Middle East and North Africa.
The first round of France presidential election is scheduled for
April 22. If no candidate wins the majority, a run-off between the
leading two will take place on May 6.
From: Baghdasarian