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French Republic
République Française
Note: First round parliamentary elections were held June 10, resulting in 60.4 percent turnout, following the election of Nicholas Sarkozy for president. President Sarkozy’s UMP party led with 42 percent of the vote. Additional results for the first round were as follows: Socialists, 28 percent of the vote; National Front, 4.3 percent; Communists, 4.3 percent; Greens, 3.3 percent.
Note: In the second round of presidential elections on May 6, 2007, Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) candidate Nicholas Sarkozy won the presidency over Socialist Party (PS) candidate Ségolène Royal, with 53 percent of the vote. Turnout in both the first and second rounds was 84 percent. Sarkozy was inaugurated May 16.
Political Status: Republic under mixed parliamentary-presidential system established by constitution adopted by referendum of ...