National Front takes lead in first round of France’s regional elections

The far right National Front has taken the lead in the first round of France’s regional elections, according to polling agency projections.

The agencies Ifop, Opinion -Way and Ipsos base their projections on actual vote count in select constituencies.

They projected that the National Front won between 27% and 30% of support in the voting, followed by former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s Republicans party and president François Hollande’s governing Socialists.