1st LD: Emmanuel Gregoire leads in Paris municipal elections: media

PARIS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The list headed by left-wing candidate Emmanuel Gregoire leads the vote in the first round of municipal elections in Paris on Sunday, Radio France reported, citing initial estimates.

Gregoire, heading the candidate list of an alliance of the Socialist Party, The Ecologists and the French Communist Party, won 36.5 percent of the vote, while the list led by former culture minister Rachi