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A combo picture shows at L, Francois Hollande, Socialist Party candidate for the 2012 French presidential election and his companion Valerie Trierweiler at a polling station in Tulle May 6, 2012 and France's President and UMP party candidate for the 2012 French presidential elections Nicolas Sarkozy leaving a polling station with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in Paris May 6, 2012. France voted in elections on Sunday and Francois Hollande becomes the nation's first Socialist president in 17 years, early estimations said. [Photo\Agencies]
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PARIS - Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande has won the French presidential election, beating the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in Sunday's final polling, local TV channel France 2 reported citing exit polls.
Hollande won 51.9 percent of all votes, the TV channel said.
The latest estimates have been in line with all opinion polls during the election campaign. Thousands of Socialists are celebrating in high spirit at the Bastille Square, while Hollande's son Thomas is being surrounded by enthusiastic friends as shown in TV footage.
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