2017 French presidential election

The 2017 French presidential election is a presidential election in France that took place on May 7th, 2017. The incumbent president, François Hollande, decided not to run for a second term because of his low approval ratings.

2017 French presidential election

23 April 2017 (first round) 7 May 2017 (second round)

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%.

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%

First round

Second round

2017 French Presidential Election Media

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  LEWEB 2014 - CONFERENCE - LEWEB TRENDS - IN CONVERSATION WITH EMMANUEL MACRON (FRENCH MINISTER FOR ECONOMY INDUSTRY AND DIGITAL AFFAIRS) - PULLMAN STAGE

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  Logo of En Marche! Font: Gill Sans Pro Heavy Italic

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  Benoît Hamon lors d'une réunion publique en plein air place de République

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  Logo de la candidature de Benoit Hamon pour l'élection présidentielle française de 2017

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