2012 French presidential election

The 2012 French presidential election was a presidential election in France that took place on 22 April 2012 and 5–6 May 2012. The incumbent president, Nicolas Sarkozy, ran for a second term.

The main candidates were Nicolas Sarkozy from the Union for a Popular Movement, François Hollande from the Socialist Party, Marine Le Pen from the National Front, Jean-Luc Mélenchon from the Left Front, François Bayrou from the Democratic Movement, Eva Joly from The Greens, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan from Debout la France, Philippe Poutou from the New Anticapitalist Party, Nathalie Arthaud from Lutte Ouvrière and Jacques Cheminade from Solidarity and Progress.

On 22 April 2012, François Hollande won 29% of the vote with Nicolas Sarkozy winning 27%. Both candidates advanced to the second round of the election, which Hollande later won with 52% of the vote.

Results

Results by commune for the 1st round of French presidential elections, 2012.     François Hollande     Nicolas Sarkozy     Marine Le Pen     Jean-Luc Mélenchon     François Bayrou     Eva Joly     Nicolas Dupont-Aignan     Tie

Results by commune for the 2nd round of French presidential elections, 2012.      François Hollande     Nicolas Sarkozy

First round 22 April 2012				Second round 6 May 2012
Candidate		Votes	%	Votes	%
	François Hollande	10,272,705	28.63%	18,000,668	51.64%
	Nicolas Sarkozy	9,753,629	27.18%	16,860,685	48.36%
	Marine Le Pen	6,421,426	17.90%
	Jean-Luc Mélenchon	3,984,822	11.10%
	François Bayrou	3,275,122	9.13%
	Eva Joly	828,345	2.31%
	Nicolas Dupont-Aignan	643,907	1.79%
	Philippe Poutou	411,160	1.15%
	Nathalie Arthaud	202,548	0.56%
	Jacques Cheminade	89,545	0.25%
Total votes		35,883,209	100%	34,861,353	100%

2012 French Presidential Election Media

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  Élection présidentielle française de 2012 T1 carte départements & régions

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  Élection présidentielle française de 2012 T2 carte départements & régions

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  The candidates of the Ecology primary sitting together

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  Réunion publique du candidat François Hollande à Reims.

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  Sarkozy rally at Place de la Concorde

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  Stand du Front de Gauche lors de la fête de l'Humanité 2012.

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  François Bayrou at the meeting at Silo, Marseille

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  Crédit : Xavier Cantat

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  Discours de Nicolas Dupont-Aignan au Pacte pour la Justice en 2012

Other websites

• The Constitutional council's duties relating to the presidential election Archived 2012-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Opinion poll tracker with data
• NSD: European Election Database – France Archived 2017-02-24 at the Wayback Machine publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990–2012
• A clickable map showing elections results by region, department, and commune on the website of L'Humanité