France’s far-right Front National (FN) is beaten into third place in the second round of regional elections, exit polls indicate.
Early results suggest the party failed to win a single region, despite leading in six of 13 regions in the first round of votes a week ago.
The polls suggest Nicolas Sarkozy’s centre-right Republican party is ahead of the ruling Socialists.
FN leader Marine Le Pen and her niece were both candidates.
Early projections suggest both have failed to be elected.
