Courtesy: ITV News. Francois Hollande is France's new president - last updated Sun 6 May 2012 Socialist Francois Hollande has been elected France's new president Photo: AP Photo/Christophe Ena Socialist Francois Hollande has been elected France's new president. He received 52% of the vote against 48% for the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, according to early projections. Mr Hollande is expected make a speech at party headquarters shortly. Mr Sarkozy conceded defeat shortly after the polls closed, he told supporters at hisUnion for a Popular Movement (UMP) party headquarters : "Francois Hollande is the president of France and he must be respected." – Nicolas Sarkozy The incumbent also said that he was "taking responsibility for the defeat". Nicolas Sarkózy said that he accepted "responsibility for the defeat" Credit: AP Photo/Michel Euler Supporters of the outgoing French president sobbed as Nicolas Sarkozy conceded defeat at the presidential elections. A supporter of outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy's covers his face with the national flag Credit: AP Photo/Michel Euler Meanwhile, supporters of Francois Hollande celebrated outside Socialist Party campaign headquarters in Paris. Supporters of Francois Hollande celebrate outside Socialist Party campaign headquarters in Paris Credit: AP Photo/Francois Mori ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤