A four-day "people's primary" election ended on Sunday, with former justice minister Christiane Taubira emerging as the favourite to lead the French left's presidential election campaign. Other contenders refused to participate in the selection process, and doubts remain as to Taubira's ability to win wider support as a unifying figure.
A total of 467,000 people signed up to take part in the online vote, which started on Thursday. They ranked five professional politicians and two civil society candidates on a scale from "very good" to "inadequate".
