Le Pen’s National Front loses in 2nd round of French regional elections – exit polls

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Le Pen’s National Front loses in 2nd round of French regional elections – exit polls

December 13th, 2015

Awake Goy

In the northern region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Le Pen was beaten by Xavier Bertrand from the center-right Les Republicains (formerly the UMP). According to the Ifop Fiducial poll for iTELE, Paris Match and Sud Radio, Le Pen won 42.2 percent while Bertrand secured 57 percent.

Le Pen’s niece, Marion Marechal Le Pen lost to Republican Christian Estrosi in Provence-Alpes-Cote-d’Azur.

Les Republicans managed to win after the Socialist Party announced that it had withdrawn candidates in three regions – the north, east and southeast, where the National Front made major success – and urged their supporters to vote for the Republicans in an attempt to prevent the far-right party from gaining power. Bertrand thanked voters from the Socialist Party who voted for him to keep Le Pen out.

In the meantime, Le Pen thanked all National Front supporters, adding that nothing will stop them. “Long live the French Republic, long live the nation, long live France!“ she wrote on Twitter.

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