Fillon wins French conservative nomination for 2017 presidential race

Former French prime minister Francois Fillon has won the conservatives' nomination for next year's presidential election. Image: Conservative party presidential nominee, Francois Fillon (right) and runner-up, Alain Juppe (AAP)

Fillon has secured more than 67 per cent of the conservative vote to become the candidate of the Les Republicains party, beating his main challenger Alain Juppe