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9 October 2011

French socialist primary

The runners and riders.

By Jonathan Derbyshire

Voting in the first round of the primary to choose the Socialist candidate at next year’s French presidential election takes place today. Unlike in 2006, all French citizens are eligible to vote – not just activists of the Parti Socialiste (PS).

There are six candidates, one of whom, Jean-Michel Baylet, is not a member of the PS (Baylet is president of the Parti radical de gauche). They are:

If no candidate achieves more than 50 per cent of the vote, a second round will take place next Sunday (16 October).

Two recent polls put Hollande in the lead with 43 and 40 per cent respectively, followed by Aubry (29/28 per cent), Montebourg (12/11 per cent), Royal (11/6 per cent), Valls (6/5 per cent) and Baylet (1/1 per cent). I’ll be blogging the results of the first round on the Staggers tomorrow.

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