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Hamon wins Left primary and cruises to France's presidential race

Xinhua, January 30, 2017 Adjust font size:

Benoit Hamon, former education minister and traditional left-winger, on Sunday became the Left candidate for upcoming French presidential election after beating his rival Manuel Valls in the Left primary run-off, partial results showed.

With votes in 4,322 polling stations out of the total 7,500 sites accounted, Hamon enjoyed a comfortable win with 58.65 percent of votes ahead of former prime minister Valls' 41.35 percent, according to the results. Enditem