2002 French presidential election

The **2002 French presidential election** was a presidential election in France that took place on 21 April and 5 May 2002. The incumbent president, Jacques Chirac, decided to run for a second term.

On 21 April 2002, Jacques Chirac from the Rally for the Republic won 19.9% of the vote and Jean-Marie Le Pen from the National Front won 16.9% of the vote. Both candidates advanced to the second round of the election, which Jacques Chirac later easily won with 82.2% of the vote.

## Results

|colspan=4|First round 22 April 2017|colspan=2|Second round 6 May 2017||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|bgcolor=#1935D0||**Jacques Chirac**|align=right|**5,665,855**|align=right|**19.88%**|align=right|**25,537,956**|align=right|**82.21%**|
|bgcolor=#0D378A||Jean-Marie Le Pen|align=right|**4,804,713**|align=right|**16.86%**|align=right|5,525,032|align=right|17.79%|
|bgcolor=#FF3366||Lionel Jospin|align=right|4,610,113|align=right|16.18%|||||
|bgcolor=#00CCCC||François Bayrou|align=right|1,949,170|align=right|6.84%|||||
|bgcolor=#960018||Arlette Laguiller|align=right|1,630,045|align=right|5.72%|||||
|bgcolor=#DD371F||Jean-Pierre Chevènement|align=right|1,518,528|align=right|5.33%|||||
|bgcolor=#00C000||Noël Mamère|align=right|1,495,724|align=right|5.25%|||||
|bgcolor=#C41E3A||Olivier Besancenot|align=right|1,210,562|align=right|4.25%|||||
|bgcolor=#BDB76B||Jean Saint-Josse|align=right|1,204,689|align=right|4.23%|||||
|bgcolor=#6495ED||Alain Madelin|align=right|1,113,484|align=right|3.91%|||||
|bgcolor=#FF0000||Robert Hue|align=right|960,480|align=right|3.37%|||||
|bgcolor=#80461B||Bruno Mégret|align=right|667,026|align=right|2.34%|||||
|bgcolor=#F1C40F||Christiane Taubira|align=right|660,447|align=right|2.32%|||||
|bgcolor=#ADFF2F||Corinne Lepage|align=right|535,837|align=right|1.88%|||||
|bgcolor=#298DB5||Christine Boutin|align=right|339,112|align=right|1.19%|||||
|bgcolor=#B22222||Daniel Gluckstein|align=right|132,686|align=right|0.47%|||||

## Other websites

- Official results from the Constitutional Council of France : 1st round , 2nd round
- Analysis of the voting anomaly on FindLaw
- Fascism in France? Commentary on the 2002 French Presidential Elections
- Philosophical considerations of the very singular custom of voting: an analysis based on recent ballots in France

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2002 French presidential election
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **country**: France
- **previous election**: 1995 French presidential election
- **previous year**: 1995
- **election date**: 21 April 2002 (first round)
5 May 2002 (second round)
- **next election**: 2007 French presidential election
- **next year**: 2007
- **image1**:
- **nominee1**: **Jacques Chirac**
- **party1**: Rally for the Republic
- **popular vote1**: **25,537,956**
- **percentage1**: **82.21%**
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Jacques Chirac
- **before party**: Rally for the Republic
- **after election**: Jacques Chirac
- **after party**: Rally for the Republic
- **nominee2**: Jean-Marie Le Pen
- **image2**:
- **party2**: National Front (France)
- **popular vote2**: 5,525,032
- **percentage2**: 17.79%
- **map image**: Élection présidentielle française de 2002 T2 carte départements & régions.svg
- **map size**: 250px
- **map caption**: Results of the second round by department and region