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The 2012 French presidential election was a presidential election in France that took place on 22 April 2012 and 5–6 May 2012. The incumbent president, Nicolas Sarkozy, ran for a second term.

The main candidates were Nicolas Sarkozy from the Union for a Popular Movement, François Hollande from the Socialist Party, Marine Le Pen from the National Front, Jean-Luc Mélenchon from the Left Front, François Bayrou from the Democratic Movement, Eva Joly from The Greens, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan from Debout la France, Philippe Poutou from the New Anticapitalist Party, Nathalie Arthaud from Lutte Ouvrière and Jacques Cheminade from Solidarity and Progress.

On 22 April 2012, François Hollande won 29% of the vote with Nicolas Sarkozy winning 27%. Both candidates advanced to the second round of the election, which Hollande later won with 52% of the vote.

Results

2012 French presidential election - First round - Majority vote (Metropolitan France, communes)
Results by commune for the 1st round of French presidential elections, 2012.     François Hollande     Nicolas Sarkozy     Marine Le Pen     Jean-Luc Mélenchon     François Bayrou     Eva Joly     Nicolas Dupont-Aignan     Tie
2012 French presidential election - Second round - Majority vote (Metropolitan France, communes)
Results by commune for the 2nd round of French presidential elections, 2012.      François Hollande     Nicolas Sarkozy
First round
22 April 2012		 Second round
6 May 2012
Candidate Votes % Votes %
François Hollande 10,272,705 28.63% 18,000,668 51.64%
Nicolas Sarkozy 9,753,629 27.18% 16,860,685 48.36%
Marine Le Pen 6,421,426 17.90%
Jean-Luc Mélenchon 3,984,822 11.10%
François Bayrou 3,275,122 9.13%
Eva Joly 828,345 2.31%
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan 643,907 1.79%
Philippe Poutou 411,160 1.15%
Nathalie Arthaud 202,548 0.56%
Jacques Cheminade 89,545 0.25%
Total votes 35,883,209 100% 34,861,353 100%

Images for kids

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    The candidates of the Ecology primary sitting together

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    Hollande campaigning

  • Meeting Sarkozy, place de la Concorde, 15 avril 2012 (3)

    Sarkozy rally at Place de la Concorde

  • Meeting 1er mai 2012 Front National, Paris (15) (cropped)

    Le Pen campaigning

  • Front de Gauche - Fête de l'Humanité 2012 - 002 (cropped)

    Mélenchon campaigning

  • Francois Bayrou-IMG 4432 (cropped)

    Bayrou campaigning

  • Eva Joly (6916945837) (cropped)

    Joly campaigning

  • Discours à l'institut de la justice (cropped)

    Dupont-Aignan campaigning

  • Philippe Poutou 12 janvier (cropped)

    Poutou campaigning

  • Arthaud-Laguiller

    Arthaud campaigning

  • François Hollande at a meeting during 2012 political campaign - 20120429

    François Hollande at a meeting during 2012 political campaign.

  • Francois Hollande 2015

    Socialist Party: President of the General Council of Corrèze, former First Secretary of the Socialist Party and MP François Hollande

  • Nicolas Sarkozy in 2010

    Union for a Popular Movement: On 15 February 2012, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced he was running for a second five-year term.

  • Le Pen, Marine-9586

    National Front: Party president and MEP Marine Le Pen was selected on 16 May 2011.

  • Jean-Luc Melenchon Front de Gauche 2009-03-08

    Left Front: MEP, former senator and co-president of the Left Party Jean-Luc Mélenchon

  • Francois bayrou close

    Democratic Movement: François Bayrou, president of MoDem and MP, confirmed his candidacy on 22 August 2011.

  • Eva Joly - Grenoble 2012 (cropped)

    Europe Écologie–The Greens: MEP and former magistrate Eva Joly

  • Portrait 3 - Flickr - dupontaignan (cropped)

    Arise the Republic: Mayor of Yerres and MP Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

  • Philippe Poutou 2011

    New Anticapitalist Party: Philippe Poutou

  • Nathalie Arthaud

    Workers' Struggle: Nathalie Arthaud

  • Jacques-Cheminade 2

    Solidarity and Progress: Jacques Cheminade

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Elecciones presidenciales de Francia de 2012 para niños

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