2007 French presidential election

The 2007 French presidential election was a presidential election in France that took place on 21–22 April and 5–6 May 2007. The incumbent president, Jacques Chirac, decided not to run for a third term.

The main candidates were Arlette Laguiller from Lutte Ouvrière, Nicolas Sarkozy from the Union for a Popular Movement, Ségolène Royal from the Socialist Party, François Bayrou from the Union for French Democracy, Jean-Marie Le Pen from the National Front, Olivier Besancenot from the Revolutionary Communist League, Philippe de Villiers from the Movement for France, Marie-George Buffet from the French Communist Party, Dominique Voynet from The Greens, José Bové, Frédéric Nihous from Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition and Gérard Schivardi from the Workers' Party.

On 22 April 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy won 31.2% of the vote and Ségolène Royal winning 25.9% of the vote. Both candidates advanced to the second round of the election, which Nicolas Sarkozy later won with 53.1% of the vote.

 Results 
First round22 April 2007Second round6 May 2007CandidateVotes%Votes%Nicolas Sarkozy11,448,66331.18%18,983,13853.06%Ségolène Royal9,500,11225.87%16,790,44046.94%François Bayrou6,820,11918.57%Jean-Marie Le Pen3,834,53010.44%Olivier Besancenot1,498,5814.08%Philippe de Villiers818,4072.23%Marie-George Buffet707,2681.93%Dominique Voynet576,6661.57%Arlette Laguiller487,8571.33%José Bové483,0081.32%Frédéric Nihous420,6451.15%Gérard Schivardi123,5400.34%Total votes36,719,396100%35,773,578100%

 References 

 Other websites 

French Elections 2007 from Britain's Daily Telegraph
Royal, Sarkozy and Bayrou: The policies, BBC
Explanation of the French presidential election on the site of the French Embassy to the United Kingdom 
 Polarisation and crisis – the French elections and the radical Left
AngusReid (French election polls in English) 
BBC News: Q&A: French presidential vote
  2007 Presidential Vote Results by Commune

Category:2007 in France
Category:2007 elections
Category:Presidential elections in France