Sarkozy's conservative UMP and its allies lead French elections with 66-70 departments, compared to 40 before.
- President Hollande's Socialists and allies seen winning 27-31 departments compared to 61 before.
- Far right FN seen winning zero or two departments
Reuters, citing exit polls.
Eyes were on the far right after a strong showing from Marine Le Pen in last week's first round but the run-off system split the vote to Sarkozy, evidently.
Seems like it's only a matter of time until Merkozy are reunited.
