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Sarkozy overwhelmingly wins in PACA

Source: www.rivieratimes.com. Posted on 07 May 2007.

The Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur (PACA) region in France voted fairly overwhelmingly for the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy who swept to victory in the presidential elections yesterday. On a national level 53 per cent of the French electorate voted for him. The turnout to vote across the country was an impressive 85 per cent, not quite a record as in 1981 some 85.85 per cent turned out, although the number of voters was the highest ever at nearly 38 million.

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