Sarkozy out of presidential race
Q. French voters threw whom out of the race for the presidential elections?- Published on 22 Nov 16a. Nicolas Sarkozy
b. Francois Fillon
c. Nathan Fillon
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Nicolas Sarkozy
French voters defied expectations on 20
th Nov by eliminating
ex president Nicolas Sarkozy out of the race to be a conservative nominee for the presidential election and propelling ex PM Francois Fillon to the top spot
- A social conservative with economically liberal ideas, Fillon will face Alain Juppe in a runoff on Nov 27, which will produce the next president of France in May
- Juppe a moderate 71-year-old conservative campaigning on inclusive happy identity platform has been leading the presidential polls
- With the Left very divided and a majority of voters telling pollsters they are opposed to seeing the far-right National Front in power, the chosen centre-right nominee is likely to defeat Le Pen in an expected election run-off next May.
- Polls have shown Juppe would easily beat Le Pen
- According to results based on 9,437 polling stations out of a total 10,229, Fillon was seen garnering 44.2 percent of the votes, Juppe 28.5 percent and Sarkozy 20.6 percent, with close to 4 million votes counted.
- Francois Hollande is yet to announce whether he would stand for elections
