2017 French presidential election facts for kids
The 2017 French presidential election is a presidential election in France that took place on May 7th, 2017. The incumbent president, François Hollande, decided not to run for a second term because of his low approval ratings.
The main candidates are Nicolas Dupont-Aignan from Debout la France, Marine Le Pen from the National Front, Emmanuel Macron from En Marche!, Benoît Hamon from the Socialist Party, Nathalie Arthaud from Lutte Ouvrière, Philippe Poutou from the New Anticapitalist Party, Jacques Cheminade from Solidarity and Progress, Jean Lassalle from Résistons!, Jean-Luc Mélenchon from La France insoumise, François Asselineau from Popular Republican Union and François Fillon from The Republicans.
On 23 April 2017, Macron won 24% of the vote with Le Pen winning 21%. During the second round, Macron beat Le Pen by a Landslide victory with 66% of the vote to Le Pen's 34%.
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Results
| First round 23 April 2017 |
Second round 7 May 2017 |
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||||
| Emmanuel Macron | 8,657,326 | 24.01% | 20,753,798 | 66.10% | ||||||||
| Marine Le Pen | 7,679,493 | 21.30% | 10,644,118 | 33.90% | ||||||||
| François Fillon | 7,213,797 | 20.01% | ||||||||||
| Jean-Luc Mélenchon | 7,060,885 | 19.58% | ||||||||||
| Benoît Hamon | 2,291,565 | 6.36% | ||||||||||
| Nicolas Dupont-Aignan | 1,695,186 | 4.70% | ||||||||||
| Jean Lassalle | 435,365 | 1.21% | ||||||||||
| Philippe Poutou | 394,582 | 1.09% | ||||||||||
| François Asselineau | 332,588 | 0.92% | ||||||||||
| Nathalie Arthaud | 232,428 | 0.64% | ||||||||||
| Jacques Cheminade | 65,598 | 0.18% | ||||||||||
| Total votes | 36,058,813 | 100% | 31,397,916 | 100% | ||||||||
Maps
First round
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Results of the first round by department Emmanuel Macron Marine Le Pen François Fillon Jean-Luc Mélenchon
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Support for Macron by department and major city
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Support for Le Pen by department and major city
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Support for Fillon by department and major city
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Support for Mélenchon by department and major city
Second round
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Results of the first round by department Emmanuel Macron Marine Le Pen
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First-place candidate by commune Emmanuel Macron Marine Le Pen
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Polling
First round
Second round
Images for kids
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François Bayrou in 2012
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Voting materials for the first round of the ecologist primary
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Benoît Hamon congratulated by Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo after his primary victory on 29 January
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Penelope Fillon in 2007
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Marc Joulaud in 2014
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Sarkozy in 2015
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Alain Juppé in 2015
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Yannick Jadot (EELV) withdrew to support Hamon
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Marine Le Pen at Moscow Kremlin in 2017
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A voting line of French expatriates in Morges, Switzerland
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La Rotonde, where Macron celebrated the results of the first round
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Supporters of Macron celebrating his victory at the Louvre on 7 May
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Voting cards for the second round.
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See also
In Spanish: Elecciones presidenciales de Francia de 2017 para niños
