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]

2017 French presidential election

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Nominee Emmanuel Macron Marine Le Pen Party LREM FN Popular vote 20,743,128 10,638,475 Percentage 66.10% 33.90%

Results of the first round by department and region

Results of the second round by department and region

President before election François Hollande PS Elected President Emmanuel Macron LREM

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

First round 23 April 2017				Second round 7 May 2017
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

First round

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  Results of the first round by department

    Emmanuel Macron

    Marine Le Pen

    François Fillon

    Jean-Luc Mélenchon
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  Support for Macron by department and major city
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  Support for Le Pen by department and major city
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  Support for Fillon by department and major city
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  Support for Mélenchon by department and major city

Second round

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  Results of the first round by department

    Emmanuel Macron

    Marine Le Pen
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  First-place candidate by commune

    Emmanuel Macron

    Marine Le Pen

Polling

First round

Second round

References

1. "Here's all you need to know about the French election". CNBC News. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
2. "France presidency: Francois Hollande decides not to run again". BBC. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
3. "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

• 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)