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Chirac Set for Landslide Victory in French Presidential Election


VOA News
5 May 2002 17:31 UTC
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President Jacques Chirac, right, shakes hands with supporters while campaigning for the second round of the presidential elections 
After two weeks of protests over the candidacy of far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, French President Jacques Chirac appears set for a landslide victory amid a high voter turnout in Sunday run-off presidential election.

 Left-wing parties and French newspapers from across the political spectrum have called for a massive vote in favor of Mr. Chirac to make sure Mr. Le Pen of the National Front Party scores as low as possible.

 Some leftist voters, who sought to shut Mr. Le Pen out of power, wore gloves and nose-clips in symbolic protest as they voted for the conservative Mr. Chirac.
 
 

<b>Jean-Marie Le Pen </b>
Jean-Marie Le Pen 
This was despite warnings from the France's Constitutional Council that anyone casting ballots with gloves or other improper behavior could risk the annulment of their votes. 

President Chirac cast his ballot in the central Correze region, where he owns a chateau, while Mr. Le Pen voted in the southwest Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud, home to his National Front Party. Mr. Chirac made no comment and after signing a few autographs he headed for Paris.

 France's AFP news agency says turnout was near 68 percent three hours before the polls closed, much higher than the first round of balloting, when Mr. Le Pen benefited from the extremely low turnout.
 
 

Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.

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