2007 French Presidential Election
22 April 2007 and 6 May 2007 · Shocks and recompositions · direct two-round vote
Presidential elections were held in France on 21 and 22 April 2007 to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France (and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra) for a five-year term. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 5 and 6 May 2007 between the two leading candidates, Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal.
President before
Jacques Chirac
UMP
Elected President
Nicolas Sarkozy
UMP
Winning share
53.1%
second round
Turnout
83.8%
second round 84.0%
The result
Nicolas Sarkozy
Union for a Popular Movement · 11 448 663 votes
53.06%
second round
Ségolène Royal
Socialist Party · 9 500 112 votes
46.94%
second round
François Bayrou
Union for French Democracy · 6 820 119 votes
18.57%
first round
Jean-Marie Le Pen
National Front · 3 834 530 votes
10.44%
first round
Olivier Besancenot
Revolutionary Communist League · 1 498 581 votes
4.08%
first round
Philippe de Villiers
Movement for France · 818 407 votes
2.23%
first round
Marie-George Buffet
French Communist Party · 707 268 votes
1.93%
first round
Dominique Voynet
The Greens · 576 666 votes
1.57%
first round
Arlette Laguiller
Workers' Struggle · 487 857 votes
1.33%
first round
José Bové
Miscellaneous left/environmentalist · 483 008 votes
1.32%
first round
Frédéric Nihous
Hunting, Fishing, Nature and Traditions · 420 645 votes
1.15%
first round
Gérard Schivardi
Workers' Party · 123 540 votes
0.34%
first round