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.

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

|colspan=4|First round 23 April 2017|colspan=2|Second round 7 May 2017||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|bgcolor=#FFE25A||**Emmanuel Macron**|align=right|**8,657,326**|align=right|**24.01%**|align=right|**20,753,798**|align=right|**66.10%**|
|bgcolor=#0D378A||Marine Le Pen|align=right|**7,679,493**|align=right|**21.30%**|align=right|10,644,118|align=right|33.90%|
|bgcolor=#0066CC||François Fillon|align=right|7,213,797|align=right|20.01%|||||
|bgcolor=#E52714||Jean-Luc Mélenchon|align=right|7,060,885|align=right|19.58%|||||
|bgcolor=#FF3366||Benoît Hamon|align=right|2,291,565|align=right|6.36%|||||
|bgcolor=#8040C0||Nicolas Dupont-Aignan|align=right|1,695,186|align=right|4.70%|||||
|bgcolor=#FFA54C||Jean Lassalle|align=right|435,365|align=right|1.21%|||||
|bgcolor=#C41E3A||Philippe Poutou|align=right|394,582|align=right|1.09%|||||
|bgcolor=#0B7D86||François Asselineau|align=right|332,588|align=right|0.92%|||||
|bgcolor=#960018||Nathalie Arthaud|align=right|232,428|align=right|0.64%|||||
|bgcolor=#808080||Jacques Cheminade|align=right|65,598|align=right|0.18%|||||

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## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2017 French presidential election
- **country**: France
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2012 French presidential election
- **previous year**: 2012
- **election date**: 23 April 2017 (first round)
7 May 2017 (second round)
- **next election**: 2022 French presidential election
- **next year**: 2022
- **image1**:
- **nominee1**: **Emmanuel Macron**
- **party1**: La République En Marche!, LREM
- **color1**: FFD600
- **popular vote1**: **20,743,128**
- **percentage1**: **66.10%**
- **image2**:
- **nominee2**: Marine Le Pen
- **party2**: National Rally, FN
- **color2**: 004A77
- **popular vote2**: 10,638,475
- **percentage2**: 33.90%
- **map image**: Élection présidentielle française de 2017 T1 carte départements & régions.svg
- **map caption**: Results of the first round by department and region
- **map2 image**: Élection présidentielle française de 2017 T2 carte départements & régions.svg
- **map2 caption**: Results of the second round by department and region
- **title**: President
- **before election**: François Hollande
- **before party**: Socialist Party (France)
- **after election**: Emmanuel Macron
- **after party**: La République En Marche!, LREM