2007 French presidential election facts for kids
The 2007 French presidential election was a big event in France. It was a time when people voted to choose their new president. This election happened in two parts: the first vote was on April 21–22, 2007, and the second vote was on May 5–6, 2007.
The president at the time, Jacques Chirac, decided not to run for president again. This meant a new leader would be chosen. Many people wanted to become president.
The main candidates were:
- Arlette Laguiller from a workers' party called Lutte Ouvrière.
- Nicolas Sarkozy from the Union for a Popular Movement, a major political party.
- Ségolène Royal from the Socialist Party, another big political 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, an activist.
- Frédéric Nihous from Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition.
- Gérard Schivardi from the Workers' Party.
After the first vote on April 22, 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy received the most votes, with 31.2%. Ségolène Royal came in second, with 25.9% of the votes. Because no candidate won more than half of the votes in the first round, Sarkozy and Royal went on to a second vote.
In the second vote, Nicolas Sarkozy won the election. He received 53.1% of all the votes. This made him the new President of France.
Election Results
Here are the results from both rounds of the 2007 French presidential election.
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| First round 22 April 2007 |
Second round 6 May 2007 |
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| 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% | |||||||||
Images for kids
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Voting booth in Vaulnaveys-le-Haut.
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Results of candidates with over 3% of votes in the first round, by departments of Metropolitan France.
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Results of the second round: the candidate with the majority of votes in each of the 36,784 communes of France. Nicolas Sarkozy: blue; Ségolène Royal: pink. All territories are shown at the same geographic scale.
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Nicolas Sarkozy supporters celebrate on the Place de la Concorde in Paris
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Supporters of Ségolène Royal awaiting the results, 8 pm, in front of the headquarters of the Socialist Party in Paris
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A pro-Sarkozy sticker, after being defaced, in Paris, France. (Translation: "Together, NOTHING is possible.")
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Transparent ballot boxes have been required since 1988.
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Some French cities used voting machines.
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Pro-Ségolène Royal youth chanted against Nicolas Sarkozy
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A gathering of opponents to Sarkozy on Place de la Bastille in Paris, on 6 May evening, quickly ended in confrontations between the far-left and the riot control forces
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Bastille tear-gassed
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Nicolas Sarkozy candidate of the Union for a Popular Movement
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Ségolène Royal candidate of the Socialist Party
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François Bayrou candidate of the Union for French Democracy
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Jean-Marie Le Pen candidate of the National Front
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Olivier Besancenot
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Marie-George Buffet
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Arlette Laguiller
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Frédéric Nihous
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Gérard Schivardi
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Philippe de Villiers
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Dominique Voynet
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See also
In Spanish: Elecciones presidenciales de Francia de 2007 para niños
