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The Guardian — French presidential election first-round reaction, cited on Factrail
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France's official results recorded Hollande first with roughly 28.63 percent and Sarkozy second with about 27.18 percent, putting Le Pen over nine percentage points behind the runoff threshold set by the runner-up's vote share.