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.[ 1]
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-round results by department Nicolas Sarkozy
Ségolène Royal
François Bayrou
Second-round results by department Nicolas Sarkozy
Ségolène Royal
First round
Second round
Candidate
Votes
%
Votes
%
Nicolas Sarkozy 11,448,663
31.18%
18,983,138
53.06%
Ségolène Royal
9,500,112
25.87%
16,790,440
46.94%
François Bayrou
6,820,119
18.57%
Jean-Marie Le Pen
3,834,530
10.44%
Olivier Besancenot
1,498,581
4.08%
Philippe de Villiers
818,407
2.23%
Marie-George Buffet
707,268
1.93%
Dominique Voynet
576,666
1.57%
Arlette Laguiller
487,857
1.33%
José Bové
483,008
1.32%
Frédéric Nihous
420,645
1.15%
Gérard Schivardi
123,540
0.34%
Total votes
36,719,396
100%
35,773,578
100%
References
Other websites
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