French citizens are casting their ballots in a presidential runoff election Sunday. The latest opinion polls indicate President Nicolas Sarkozy has narrowed the gap behind his Socialist rival, but Francois Hollande is still expected to emerge victorious.
France Votes in Presidential Runoff
Supporters of Francois Hollande, Socialist party presidential candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, gather at rue de Solferino Socialist Party headquarters in Paris, May 6, 2012. (Reuters)
Election officials empty a ballot box to count votes of the second round of the 2012 French presidential election in Illkirch-Graffenstaden near Strasbourg, May 6, 2012. (Reuters)
French President and UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, center left, casts his vote for the second round of the presidential elections as his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, left, looks on in Paris, May 6, 2012. (AP)
Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande poses with residents after visiting a polling station near Tulle, central France, May 6, 2012. (AP)
French Socialist Secretary General Martine Aubry leaves the voting booth before voting in the second round of the French presidential election in Lille, northern France, May 6, 2012. (AP)
Parisians queue to cast their ballots for the second round of the presidential election in Paris, May 6, 2012. (AP)
A French national living in Japan casts her vote for the French presidential elections at French embassy, in New Delhi, India, May 6, 2012. (AP)