(CNN) -- As Parisians head to the polls for a second round of municipal elections this Sunday, one of two women could become Paris' first "Madame le Maire". On the left is the Socialist candidate, Spanish-born Anne Hidalgo, 54, the deputy mayor under Paris' incumbent Bertrand Delanoë. On the right is Natalie Kosciusko-Morizet, 40, a former minister in Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right government. As women have long been underrepresented in French politics, this upcoming local election is expected to be an historic one. Today, women make up 26.9% of National Assembly députés, while in local politics they account for just 13.9%. Click on the flashing icons above to discover more about the two contenders going head to head in Paris' mayoral elections. Lauren Said-Moorhouse contributed to this piece.
Mayoral elections will be held in Paris this weekend . For the first time the two contenders battling it out for the role are both women . Socialist Anne Hidalgo is the frontrunner but rival Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet is closing the gap .