2017 French presidential election
The 2017 French presidential election is a presidential election in France that took place on May 7th, 2017.[1] The incumbent president, François Hollande, decided not to run for a second term because of his low approval ratings.[2]
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The main candidates are Nicolas Dupont-Aignan from Debout la France, Marine Le Pen from the National Front, Emmanuel Macron from En Marche!, Benoît Hamon from the Socialist Party, Nathalie Arthaud from Lutte Ouvrière, Philippe Poutou from the New Anticapitalist Party, Jacques Cheminade from Solidarity and Progress, Jean Lassalle from Résistons!, Jean-Luc Mélenchon from La France insoumise, François Asselineau from Popular Republican Union and François Fillon from The Republicans.
On 23 April 2017, Macron won 24% of the vote with Le Pen winning 21%. During the second round, Macron beat Le Pen by a Landslide victory with 66% of the vote to Le Pen's 34%.[3]
Results change
| First round 23 April 2017 | Second round 7 May 2017 | |||||||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||||
| Emmanuel Macron | 8,657,326 | 24.01% | 20,753,798 | 66.10% | ||||||||
| Marine Le Pen | 7,679,493 | 21.30% | 10,644,118 | 33.90% | ||||||||
| François Fillon | 7,213,797 | 20.01% | ||||||||||
| Jean-Luc Mélenchon | 7,060,885 | 19.58% | ||||||||||
| Benoît Hamon | 2,291,565 | 6.36% | ||||||||||
| Nicolas Dupont-Aignan | 1,695,186 | 4.70% | ||||||||||
| Jean Lassalle | 435,365 | 1.21% | ||||||||||
| Philippe Poutou | 394,582 | 1.09% | ||||||||||
| François Asselineau | 332,588 | 0.92% | ||||||||||
| Nathalie Arthaud | 232,428 | 0.64% | ||||||||||
| Jacques Cheminade | 65,598 | 0.18% | ||||||||||
| Total votes | 36,058,813 | 100% | 31,397,916 | 100% | ||||||||
Maps change
First round change
Results of the first round by departmentEmmanuel MacronFrançois FillonJean-Luc Mélenchon
Support for Macron by department and major city
Support for Le Pen by department and major city
Support for Fillon by department and major city
Support for Mélenchon by department and major city
Second round change
Results of the first round by departmentEmmanuel Macron
First-place candidate by communeEmmanuel Macron
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Polling change
First round change
Second round change
References change
- ↑ "Here's all you need to know about the French election". CNBC News. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ↑ "France presidency: Francois Hollande decides not to run again". BBC. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ↑ "En direct, Emmanuel Macron élu président : « Je défendrai la France, ses intérêts vitaux, son image »". Le Monde. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
Other websites change
- Constitutional Council (in French)
- Ministry of the Interior (in French)
- List of all sponsorships by elected officials (in French)
- Data and graphics for sponsorships (in French)
