page_title: 2012 French presidential election
section_title: Nathalie Arthaud
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 French presidential election / First round / Campaign / Nathalie Arthaud
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Arlette Laguillier et Nathalie Arthaud à la manifestation des salariés PSA d'Aulnay-sous-Bois le 18 février 2012
context_page_description: A presidential election was held in France on 22 April 2012, with a second round run-off held on 6 May to elect the President of France. The incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy was running for a second successive and, under the terms of the constitution, final term in the election.
  The first round ended with the selection of François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy as second round participants, as neither of them received a majority of votes cast in the first round. Hollande won the runoff with 51.64% of the vote to Sarkozy's 48.36%.
  The presidential election was followed by a legislative election in June.
context_section_description: Nathalie Arthaud, a teacher of economics and management in a secondary school, is the candidate of Workers' Struggle. She succeeds famous perennial candidate Arlette Laguiller, who represented the party in six consecutive presidential elections, from 1974 to 2007. A Trotskyist, she has described herself as the "only communist candidate" in the election. She has stated that she does not aim to be elected, describing elections as "inessential", and considering that workers will obtain new rights only through their struggles rather than through the ballot box.
caption: Arthaud campaigning
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