Voters resoundingly endorsed President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to overhaul France's economy on Sunday, giving his party a commanding lead in the first round of elections for parliament, AP QUOTED polling agencies as saying. Sarkozy's UMP party and its allies were projected to win about 46 percent of the vote, while the opposition Socialists and other leftists were expected to win 36-37 percent, according to projections by three polling agencies. That gives the conservatives a strong advantage heading into the June 17 runoff, and puts them on track for an absolute majority in parliament. Turnout hit a record low of less than 61 percent, polls said.
