2002 French Presidential Election
The Le Pen shock21 April 2002 and 5 May 2002 · Shocks and recompositions · direct two-round vote
Presidential elections were held in France on 21 April 2002, with a runoff election between the top two candidates, incumbent Jacques Chirac of the Rally for the Republic and Jean-Marie Le Pen of the National Front, on 5 May.
President before
Jacques Chirac
RPR
President (re-elected)
Jacques Chirac
RPR
Winning share
82.2%
second round
Turnout
71.6%
second round 79.7%
The result
| Jacques Chirac | Rally for the Republic | 5 665 855 | 19.88% | 25 537 956 | 82.21% |
| Jean-Marie Le Pen | National Front | 4 804 713 | 16.86% | 5 525 032 | 17.79% |
| Lionel Jospin | Socialist Party | 4 610 113 | 16.18% | — | — |
| François Bayrou | Union for French Democracy | 1 949 170 | 6.84% | — | — |
| Arlette Laguiller | Workers' Struggle | 1 630 045 | 5.72% | — | — |
| Jean-Pierre Chevènement | Citizens' Movement | 1 518 528 | 5.33% | — | — |
| Noël Mamère | The Greens | 1 495 724 | 5.25% | — | — |
| Olivier Besancenot | Revolutionary Communist League | 1 210 562 | 4.25% | — | — |
| Jean Saint-Josse | Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions | 1 204 689 | 4.23% | — | — |
| Alain Madelin | Liberal Democracy | 1 113 484 | 3.91% | — | — |
| Robert Hue | French Communist Party | 960 480 | 3.37% | — | — |
| Bruno Mégret | National Republican Movement | 667 026 | 2.34% | — | — |
| Christiane Taubira | Radical Party of the Left | 660 447 | 2.32% | — | — |
| Corinne Lepage | Cap21 | 535 837 | 1.88% | — | — |
| Christine Boutin | Forum of Social Republicans | 339 112 | 1.19% | — | — |
| Daniel Gluckstein | Workers' Party | 132 686 | 0.47% | — | — |