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As so often happens in politics French President Nicolas Sarkozy - the most unpopular French president to ever run for re-election - is quickly confined to the dustbin of political history as the first exit polls from the second round of the French Presidential Elections indicate that Socialist challenger François Hollande has won the race for the French presidency, polling an estimated 51.9% of the votes. This will see France led by a Socialist government for the first time since 1988.