France Regional Elections, December 2015 – Results: National Front fails to win any French regions

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Series Details 13.12.15
Publication Date 13/12/2015
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Results and analysis of the second round of the regional elections held in France on the 13 December 2015.

The conservative Les Républicains party won seven regions and the Socialist Party five. The far-right Front National won no region, despite having done well in the first round of voting on the 6 December 2015.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.thelocal.fr/20151213/live-france-regional-elections-le-pen-national-front
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