French local election exit poll puts Socialist Paris mayor in lead

Paris Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo was comfortably ahead of Conservative rival Rachida Dati after the first round of the French local elections on Sunday, an IPSOS exit poll showed.

Hidalgo with 30% was ahead of Dati on 22% and Agnes Buzyn from President Emmanuel Macron's La Republique en Marche party in third with 17.7%, according to the exit poll.