Hollande and Sarkozy will now square off in a final round on May 6

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Hollande and Sarkozy will now square off in a final round on May 6

By Staff Reporter

Bar chart with the final results of the 1st round of France's presidential election. Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist rival Francois Hollande have stepped up their battle for the six million votes that went to the far-right in the first round of France's presidential election.