Paris, Jul 7 (AP) With three hours to go before polls close in France's second round of high-stakes legislative elections on Sunday, the latest figure on the turnout is 59.71%. It's the highest turnout since 1981 at this time in the voting day.

The overall turnout is on track to be the highest in four decades. Polls close at 8 pm local time.

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France votes in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its nationalistic, anti-immigrant vision - or produce a hung parliament and years of political deadlock. (AP)

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