Right-wing candidate Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist rival Segolene Royal will face each other in a presidential run-off after they came through a first-round vote on Sunday, preliminary results showed.According to numbers from the French Interior Ministry, Sarkozy earned 31.11 percent of the votes, while Royal won 25.83 percent.
Turnout was the highest in more than 40 years, and appeared to fall just short of the record for first-round voting set in 1965.
Because of the close margin, they will face a run-off on May 6.
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