First Round of the French Elections

Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande and his companion Valerie Trierweiler in Tulle, France, April 22, after voting in the presidential election first round. (AP)

Marine Le Pen, National Front Party Candidate, greets supporters in Paris, April 22, 2012. (Reuters)

Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy after casting their votes in Paris, France, April 22. (AP)

Voters line up at a polling station in Strasbourg, April 22, 2012. (Reuters)

A Hollande supporter reacts after hearing the results of the first round of the French elections in Paris, France, April 22, 2012. (AP)

A supporter of Francois Bayrou, France's centrist MoDem party leader, waits for the results at his campaign headquarters in Paris, April 22, 2012. (Reuters)

A voter stands in booth in Henin-Beaumont, France, April 22, 2012. (AP)

Jean-Luc Melenchon speaks to supporters at Place Stalingrad in Paris, April 22, 2012. (Reuters)

Francois Hollande addresses the media in Quimper, France, April 23, 2012. (AP)

A man waits to cast his vote in Sydney, Australia, April 22, 2012. Nearly 15,000 French citizens in Australia are eligible to vote in the election. (Reuters)