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Parents > France > President of the Republic
Office
TypeGeneral Election - Requires Run-Off
Filing Deadline March 04, 2022 - 12:00am
Polls Open April 10, 2022 - 02:00am
Polls Close April 10, 2022 - 09:00am
Term Start May 15, 2022 - 12:00pm
Term End May 15, 2027 - 12:00pm
ContributorIndyGeorgia
Last ModifiedNCdem March 17, 2024 12:37pm
Data Sources[Link]
Descriptiondates updated as per Wikipedia
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyEn Marche! Won05/07/2017
NameEmmanuel Macron Votes20,743,128 (66.10%)
Term05/14/2017 - 05/07/2022 Margin10,104,653 (+32.20%)
KEY RACE? 10.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Emmanuel Macron
Lean 2
Slight 7
Valérie Pécresse
Slight 2
Marine Le Pen
Slight 1
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Slight 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

11/26/2021 04/08/2022

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (I) Emmanuel Macron Marine Le Pen Jean-Luc Mélenchon Éric Zemmour Valérie Pécresse Yannick Jadot Jean Lassalle
PartyEn Marche! National Rally La France Insoumise Reconquest The Republicans Europe Ecology – The Greens Résistons!
Votes9,783,058 (27.85%) 8,133,828 (23.15%) 7,712,520 (21.95%) 2,485,226 (7.07%) 1,679,001 (4.78%) 1,627,853 (4.63%) 1,101,387 (3.14%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -1,649,230 (-4.69%) -2,070,538 (-5.89%) -7,297,832 (-20.77%) -8,104,057 (-23.07%) -8,155,205 (-23.21%) -8,681,671 (-24.71%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Ipsos 
04/08-04/08
26.50% (-0.5) 22.50% (+0.5) 17.50% (+0.5) 9.00% (+0.5) 8.50% (+0.5) 5.00% (-1.0) 2.00% (-0.5)
BVA 
04/06-04/07
26.00% (+0.0) 23.00% (+0.0) 17.50% (+0.0) 9.50% (+0.0) 8.50% (+0.0) 4.50% (+0.0) 2.50% (+0.0)
Ipsos 
04/05-04/07
26.50% (-0.5) 23.00% (+1.0) 16.50% (-0.5) 8.50% (+0.0) 8.50% (+0.5) 5.50% (-0.5) 2.50% (+0.0)
IFOP 
04/04-04/07
26.50% (-1.5) 24.00% (+3.5) 17.50% (+3.5) 8.50% (-2.5) 9.00% (-2.5) 4.50% (-0.5) 2.50% (+0.5)
OpinionWay 
04/04-04/07
26.00% (-2.0) 22.00% (+0.0) 17.00% (+3.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (-1.0) 3.00% (+0.0)
Odoxa 
04/05-04/06
28.00% (+0.0) 24.00% (+0.0) 16.00% (+0.0) 8.00% (+0.0) 7.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
PS Bertrand Delanoë [L]
D TruePennsylvanian
SNP Progressive Scot
François Rebsamen [L]
R Bensq1
I ThatAlabamaGuy
R Maryland Republican
S Zuckatron
PS Ségolène Royal [L]
CPCC Zeus the Moose
PT Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva [L]
ABV Joachim Son-Forget [L]
Marion Maréchal-Le Pen [L]
Nicolas Bay [L]
RN Maxette Grisoni-Pirbakas [L]
BEER WSNJ
UDI Union of Democrats and Independents [L]
EP Yann Wehrling [L]
LC Hervé Morin [L]
D EastTexasDem
LREM Émilie Cariou [L]
Paula Forteza [L]
GE Cédric Villani [L]
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name National Assembly Fabien Roussel Nicolas Dupont-Aignan Anne Hidalgo Philippe Poutou Nathalie Arthaud
PartyFrench Communist Debout la République Socialist New Anticapitalist Lutte Ouvrière
Votes802,422 (2.28%) 725,176 (2.06%) 616,478 (1.76%) 268,904 (0.77%) 197,094 (0.56%)
Margin-8,980,636 (-25.56%) -9,057,882 (-25.78%) -9,166,580 (-26.09%) -9,514,154 (-27.08%) -9,585,964 (-27.28%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Ipsos 
04/08-04/08
3.00% (-0.5) 2.50% (+0.5) 2.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 0.50% (+0.0)
BVA 
04/06-04/07
2.50% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 2.50% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 0.50% (+0.0)
Ipsos 
04/05-04/07
3.50% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 0.50% (+0.0)
IFOP 
04/04-04/07
2.50% (-1.0) 1.50% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.5) 0.50% (+0.0)
OpinionWay 
04/04-04/07
3.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (-1.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+1.0)
Odoxa 
04/05-04/06
3.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
G BR_Green
Marc Dolez [L]
GRS Emmanuel Maurel [L]
GRS Marie-Noëlle Lienemann [L]
LP Florian Philippot [L]
VMan Politicoomer
D Charlotte KAP

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jan 15, 2022 09:00am News Leftist Christiane Taubira confirms she will run for French presidency  Article Progressive Scot 
May 29, 2021 05:00pm News Emmanuel Macron's vote-grabbing YouTuber stunt backfires amid Le Pen polling surge  Article BrentinCO 
May 28, 2021 05:05pm Analysis Third time lucky? Le Pen sets her sights on the Élysée Palace  Article BrentinCO 

DISCUSSION
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D:8172La Fayette ( 613.05 points)February 27, 2022 04:32pm

IndyGeorgia: Would Bayrou give those signatures to Le Pen or Zemmour in order to split their vote, or is this a principled position against the signature requirement?

It is some kind of middle of the road position. He is not against the signature requirement, but thinks that it shouldn't lead to remove candidates who are polling above 10% of the votes (until last week Mélenchon was also having more trouble than usual to get his signatures).

He said that he was giving his own signature to Le Pen, not as an endorsement, but as a guarantee for a democratic vote, and since she was having more trouble than Zemmour (she baiscally has 414 signatures and Zemmour 415) he picked her.

Poutou criticized Bayrou sharply about securing signatures only for candidates who are polling high, saying that it would reduce an already small field of potential signatures.

Technically, there are about 36 000 elected officials who could give their signatures, but last time only 12 000 did. Most are mayors of small towns, who do not want to face trouble for signing for one or another candidate.


 
I:6738IndyGeorgia ( 4881.18 points)February 27, 2022 04:34pm
Got it, appreciate the information!

 
D:8172La Fayette ( 613.05 points)February 27, 2022 04:45pm
On the endorsement side, I have to say that I was surprized that Jean-Pierre Chevènement decided to endorse Emmanuel Macron, given their antagonistic positions on the European Union.

On the Marine Le Pen / Eric Zemmour feud, there have been many rumors that Marion Maréchal, Le Pen's niece, might be endorsing Zemmour in the end. So far she has refused to support either of the candidates.


 
R:7206Hikikomori Blitzkrieg! ( 735.02 points)March 04, 2022 08:44am
Marion Marechal-Le Pen's endorsement is technically not being issued until Sunday...but the fact it's been leaked to the press in advance, seems adequate for our purposes.

 
R:7206Hikikomori Blitzkrieg! ( 735.02 points)April 08, 2022 11:14am
Macron versus Le Pen appears all but certain here...but there's still a remote chance for Melenchon to place in the top two. I'd write off the others at this stage.
Melenchon versus Le Pen would be interesting, I think we'd all agree.

Zemmour has dutifully played his role, and by so doing, has artfully widened the Francophone Overton Window.
And for that, we thank him.

 
I:6738IndyGeorgia ( 4881.18 points)April 09, 2022 11:23pm
I'm thinking we'll see a three-color map tomorrow, with Mélenchon taking Seine-Saint-Denis and Bouches-du-Rhône at a minimum.

 
I:9626Bojicat ( 822.51 points)April 10, 2022 01:42pm
Macron vs. Le Pen in the second round

Estimated final out already:
Macron 28.5%
Le Pen 23.6%
[Link]

Roussel, Pécresse, Jadot and Hidalgo concede, rallying their supporters behind Macron:
[Link]

 
I:9626Bojicat ( 822.51 points)April 10, 2022 02:20pm
Third-place finisher Mélenchon did very well. We'll see more of him. More surprising is how Zemmour stretched (or appears to have stretched) ahead of Pécresse, a darling of the LR and one-time sensation. Disappointing for me. Thought she was 'au taquet'.

That vowed comeback for the Socialists under Hidalgo? Well, non. 'C’est grillé' for the party.

 
I:6738IndyGeorgia ( 4881.18 points)April 10, 2022 02:53pm
Map of results down to the local level: [Link]

 
I:9626Bojicat ( 822.51 points)April 10, 2022 03:27pm
More astonishing news from these results: the Socialists and the Republicans, France's monster parties since Mitterand v. Giscard d'Estaing in 1974, had their worst performances...ever [Link] Prepare for desperation and despair at party hdqs to bring about mass resignations, party merging and re-namings this year.

 
Joker:9757BrentinCO ( 9685.29 points)April 10, 2022 03:39pm
Mélenchon does have a point. If the left had rallied behind him (Hidalgo,Roussell, et al), he would be the run-off and not Le Pen.

 
D:1989RBH ( 5694.97 points)April 10, 2022 06:00pm
imagine how the left could find ways to undermine each other if they had RCV in France

 
I:9951E Pluribus Unum ( -256.32 points)April 10, 2022 08:52pm
BrentinCO: Mélenchon does have a point. If the left had rallied behind him (Hidalgo,Roussell, et al), he would be the run-off and not Le Pen.

My theory is that what the 2017 election did for the Right, this will do to the Left.

The Anti-Liberal brand of the Left surrounding Mélenchon will finally become the new face, while the Liberal Left run by the Socialist Party will fade to the background (Presumedly to be swallowed up into the Greens)

 
I:6738IndyGeorgia ( 4881.18 points)April 18, 2022 08:19am
Fun Fact: per this map, ten of the twelve candidates won at least one commune. Playing the game "Where's Hidalgo" at the moment; it's tough!

[Link]

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