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Jun
Pictured at a news conference in La Rochelle, Segolene Royal, right, sits next to socialist party first secretary, Martine Aubry
Now Ms Royal, herself a former Socialist government minister who stood for the presidency in 2007, is standing for a place in the National Assembly.
Ms Royal gained 32 per cent of the vote in the first round of parliamentary elections on Sunday in the western constituency of La Rochelle, and hopes to win outright in the second round on Sunday.