exit poll; 20h.
Chirac: 82.1%
Le Pen: 17.9%

Turnout ca. 80% (up 8% on last time)

Abstentions/spoilt ballots: 4.3% (which obviously does not fit into
the 100% for both candidates, but the pollsters obviously haven't
thought through their sums correctly).

This ca. 4% spoilt ballot papers is being described as a clear
rejection of Arlette Laguiller/LO's call to turn up and abstain.

Note: that the LCR is being included in those who called for a vote
for Chirac, LO being the only party to call for (active) abstention.

The fascist vote has remained steady, Le Pen's vote has remained
steady and has got the votes of Bruno Megret's supporters too.

Source: Arte
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The workers can stop Le Pen
Many hundreds of thousands were on the streets of France’s cities
within hours of hearing that the second-round run-off of their
presidential election, on 5 May, would give them a choice between the
fascist Jean-Marie Le Pen and the corrupt right-wing Tory Jacques
Chirac. Read more at
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Full (first round) election results and English statements of statements from
Lutte Ouvriere and the LCR,at
 http://www.workersliberty.org.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=65

LCR: Ligue Communiste Revolutionnare  http://www.lcr-rouge.org
LO: Lutte Ouvriere  http://www.lutte-ouvriere.org

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