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Sarkozy takes 1st-round poll lead
The first opinion poll since a gunman shot dead four people at a Jewish school on Monday showed President Nicolas Sarkozy would narrowly beat his Socialist challenger in the first round of a presidential election next month.
Updated on: Mar 22, 2012, 23:23:32 IST
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The first opinion poll since a gunman shot dead four people at a Jewish school on Monday showed President Nicolas Sarkozy would narrowly beat his Socialist challenger in the first round of a presidential election next month.
A CSA poll conducted on Monday and Tuesday showed Sarkozy would win 30% in the first round and his opponent Francois Hollande 28%.
The two rivals had been neck-and-neck a week ago. Despite this, the poll showed that Hollande was ahead by eight percentage points in a second-round run-off.
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