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Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire, conservative former government minister Rachida Dati, hard-left France Unbowed’s Sophia Chikirou and centrist Horizons’ Pierre-Yves Bournazel were shown as advancing to the second round of the Paris mayoral election, an Ipsos exit poll showed on Sunday.
A separate exit poll found Sarah Knafo, a rising star on the far right, also may top the threshold to compete in the second round, although she seemed to have underperformed according to previous polls.
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“The women and men of Paris have put us clearly in the lead in this first round,” Grégoire said.
More to follow.

