2017 French Presidential Election
The system upended23 April 2017 and 7 May 2017 · Shocks and recompositions · direct two-round vote
Presidential elections were held in France on 23 April and 7 May 2017. Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party (PS) was eligible to run for a second term, but declared on 1 December 2016 that he would not seek reelection in light of low approval ratings, making him the first incumbent head of state of the Fifth Republic not to seek reelection.
President before
François Hollande
PS
Elected President
Emmanuel Macron
EM
Winning share
66.1%
second round
Turnout
77.8%
second round 74.6%
The result
Emmanuel Macron
La République En Marche! · 8 656 346 votes
66.10%
second round
Marine Le Pen
National Front · 7 678 491 votes
33.90%
second round
François Fillon
The Republicans · 7 212 995 votes
20.01%
first round
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
La France Insoumise · 7 059 951 votes
19.58%
first round
Benoît Hamon
Socialist Party · 2 291 288 votes
6.36%
first round
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
Debout la France · 1 695 000 votes
4.70%
first round
Jean Lassalle
Résistons! · 435 301 votes
1.21%
first round
Philippe Poutou
New Anticapitalist Party · 394 505 votes
1.09%
first round
François Asselineau
Popular Republican Union · 332 547 votes
0.92%
first round
Nathalie Arthaud
Workers' Struggle · 232 384 votes
0.64%
first round
Jacques Cheminade
Solidarity and Progress · 65 586 votes
0.18%
first round