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Former president François Hollande has returned to parliament, elected in his old constituency of Corrèze under the banner of the leftwing NFP alliance with 43% of the vote.
The former Socialist beat the far-right candidate Maïtey Pouget as well as the outgoing rightwing Republicans MP Francis Dubois, who refused to withdraw from the race despite coming third in the first round.