Five women set to become township mayors

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Updated March 17, 2008 16:15:12

New Caledonia has now completed the second round of voting in local elections, with around 100,000 voters casting their ballots in 10 townships across the country. Those candidates who didn't win an outright victory in the first round included the Mayor of the capital Noumea, Jean-Leques, who had to go to a second round for the first time since taking office in 1986. He's now secured re-election in the run-off, picking up just under 50 percent of the votes.

Presenter: Sandrine Ducrot
Speakers: : Jean Leques, Noumea's Mayor for UMP-Rassemblement; Jean-Louis Barbançon, historian and writer; Valentine Eurisouké, Union Caledonienne's candidate for Houaïlou

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