2022 French presidential election

latest presidential election held in France

The 2022 French presidential election was held between 10 and 24 April 2022, the first round was held on 10 April 2022. The second round was held two weeks after the first. Since no candidate wins a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff was held between the top two candidates two weeks later, which was incumbent president is Emmanuel Macron of La République En Marche! (LREM) against right-wing Deputy Marine Le Pen. Macron became the first French president to be re-elected in twenty years.[1]

2022 French presidential election

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Opinion polls
 
NomineeEmmanuel MacronMarine Le Pen
PartyLREMRN
Popular vote18,768,63913,288,686
Percentage58.6%41.4%

Map of the results of the French presidential election by region and department in the first round

Map of the results of the French presidential election by region and department in the second round

President before election

Emmanuel Macron
LREM

Elected President

Emmanuel Macron
LREM

Candidates

Declared

On 7 March 2022, the Constitutional Council published the names of the twelve candidates who received 500 valid sponsorships, with the order of the list determined by drawing lots.[2]

Declined

Results

e • d [9]
CandidateParty1st round
10 April 2022
2nd round
24 April 2022
Votes%Votes%
Emmanuel MacronLa République En Marche!LREM9,785,57827.8418,779,81258.55
Marine Le PenNational RallyRN8,136,36923.1513,279,72941.45
Jean-Luc MélenchonLa France insoumiseLFI7,714,94921.95
Éric ZemmourReconquêteR!2,485,9357.07
Valérie PécresseThe RepublicansLR1,679,4704.78
Yannick JadotEurope Ecology – The GreensEELV1,628,3374.63
Jean LassalleRésistons!RES1,101,6903.13
Fabien RousselFrench Communist PartyPCF802,6152.28
Nicolas Dupont-AignanDebout la FranceDLF725,3562.06
Anne HidalgoSocialist PartyPS616,6511.75
Philippe PoutouNew Anticapitalist PartyNPA268,9840.77
Nathalie ArthaudLutte OuvrièreLO197,1840.56
Total35,143,118100.0032,077,541100.00
Valid votes35,143,11897.8332,077,54191.40
Blank ballots543,6381.512,228,0126.35
Null ballots237,0230.69790,9872.25
Turnout35,923,77973.6935,096,54071.99
Abstentions12,824,13526.3113,655,96028.01
Registered voters48,747,91448,752,500

Official results published by the Constitutional Council1st round result

Opinion polling

Second round (Macron vs. Le Pen)

First round

References