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 

First round23 April 2017Second round7 May 2017CandidateVotes%Votes%Emmanuel Macron8,657,326	24.01%20,753,79866.10%Marine Le Pen7,679,493	21.30%10,644,11833.90%François Fillon7,213,79720.01%Jean-Luc Mélenchon7,060,88519.58%Benoît Hamon2,291,5656.36%Nicolas Dupont-Aignan1,695,1864.70%Jean Lassalle435,365	1.21%Philippe Poutou394,5821.09%François Asselineau332,5880.92%Nathalie Arthaud232,4280.64%Jacques Cheminade65,5980.18%Total votes36,058,813100%31,397,916100%

 Maps 
 First round 

 Second round 

 Polling 

 First round 

File:Opinion polling for the French presidential election, 2017.png

 Second round 

File:Opinion polling for the French presidential election, 2017 Macron–Le Pen.png

 References 

 Other websites 
Constitutional Council 
Ministry of the Interior 
List of all sponsorships by elected officials 
Data and graphics for sponsorships 

Category:2017 in France
Category:2017 elections in Europe
Category:May 2017 events
Category:Presidential elections in France