Parisian mayor-socialist won a convincing victory in the municipal elections in France

Parisian mayor-socialist Bertrand Delainoe won a convincing victory in the municipal elections, the second round of which was held on Sunday in France. The list he headed, which also included representatives of the environmental movement and other left-wing forces, gained 57.7% of the vote, ITAR-TASS reports.

The Socialist Party won the 12 of the 20 districts of Paris, in which there were previously there were socialist mayors. However, she was not able to "conquer" not one of the eight districts, where right -wing forces were in power before the elections in power.

Socialists also prevailed in such large cities as Strasbourg, Toulouse, Kan, Reims and Amiens. Even in the first round, the candidates of this party prevailed in Lyon, Nante, Dijone, Lille and Ruan.

Right forces retained Bordeaux and Tun, as well as, according to forecasts, won in Marseille.

Neither the left nor the right forces managed to achieve additional mobilization of the electorate. As in the first round, this time more than a third of registered voters did not vote - 34.5%.

Prime Minister Francois Fillon urged not to exaggerate the political significance of the announced results. The importance of local problems and a weak turnout, he said, does not allow to "learn national lessons from this vote."

Nevertheless, French observers emphasize that the past elections are the first political test for the ruling majority and President Nicolas Sarkozy, chosen by the head of state ten months ago.

In 2001, 57-year-old Delainoe became the first left-handed mayor in the history of Paris, whose population has about 2 million people.

He is considered a potential competitor to Ruyal in the struggle for leadership in the Socialist Party, as well as a possible candidate for president of France in the 2012 election.