PARIS, Nov. 17 Kyodo
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Seiko Replica WatchesSegolene Royal, a former environment minister, has clinched the Socialist party nomination for the French presidential election next April by securing a commanding majority in Thursday's first-round balloting, the party announced.
Royal, 53, handily beat her two rivals to run in the presidential election in a bid to become France's first female president.
Socialist clip on hair extensions party officials said Royal trounced former Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 57, Wallet Replica Bags and Laurent Fabius, 60, who was prime minister under the late President Francois Mitterrand.
Excluding overseas votes, Royal received 60.6 percent of ballots cast, Strauss-Kahn 20.8 percent Philip Stein Replica Watches and Fabius 18.5 percent, according to the party.
Of the about 220,000 Socialist party members, some 82 percent cast their ballots. Royal said before the party announced her victory that she was thankful for the momentum the Socialist party members gave her.
Royal, a mother of four, has vowed to bring about real change to move France in the right direction if elected president to succeed Jacques Chirac. She has proposed measures such as instituting military-type juvenile reform Bally Replica Handbags facilities in the wake of racial disturbances last fall and a scheme for civilians to monitor parliamentarians' activities.
The presidential election is expected to pit Royal against Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, 51, the head of the governing conservative party UMP. The UMP will choose its presidential candidate in January.
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