Campaigning ends for French election
Sarkozy set for win
Afp, Paris
Campaigning drew to a close Saturday for the second round of France's parliamentary election, which is expected to deliver an overwhelming majority for President Nicolas Sarkozy and his ambitious programmeme of reform. A month after Sarkozy's election victory over the Socialist Segolene Royal, the country is returning to the polls to choose a new National Assembly whose five-year mandate will run concurrently with the new president's. On Sunday some 37 million voters will decide between 933 candidates in the 467 constituencies where deputies were not returned in the first round of voting on June 10. Campaigning on the broadcast media ended at midnight Friday -- along with a ban on publishing new opinion polls -- but candidates could continue canvassing on the street Saturday.
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