Marine Le Pens National Front political party took first place in regional elections across France yesterday.
The National Front received 29.4 percent of the vote, reports say, while Former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative Les Republicains party placed second by capturing about 27 percent of the vote.
The mainstream Marxist media continues to demonize the National Front as anti-immigration rather than patriotic.
National Front party made huge gains winning 30 per cent of the votes
Party has exploited Paris attacks and migration crisis to win popularity
Controversial leader Marine Le Pen hopes for a presidential bid next year
France's far-right National Front topped the country's regional election vote on Sunday in a breakthrough that shakes up the country's political landscape.
The anti-immigration party received at least 29.4 per cent of the votes as the country continues its state of emergency following the Paris terror attacks.
It won six out of 13 regions in the election's first round, which 44 million people were eligible to vote for.
Former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative Les Republicains party and their allies came second with around 27 per cent of the vote while President Francois Hollande’s ruling Socialists came third.
National Front leader Marine Le Pen welcomed the 'magnificent result', which will leave her in the ideal position for a presidential bid in 2017.
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