2022 French presidential election Facts for Kids

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2022 French presidential election

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Between 8 and 23 April 2022 (first round)
Two weeks after the first round (second round)

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Incumbent President

Emmanuel Macron
La République En Marche!

The first round of the 2022 French presidential election will be held between 8 and 23 April 2022, with the second round held two weeks after the first. If no candidate win a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff will be held between the top two candidates two weeks later.

The incumbent president is Emmanuel Macron of La République En Marche! (LREM), who won the 2017 presidential election and whose term lasts until 13 May 2022. He can ran for a second term.

Candidates
- Declared
- Declined
Opinion polling
- First round
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Candidates

Declared

Candidate name and political party			Political office(s)
Marine Le Pen (56) National Rally			President of the National Rally (since 2011) Deputy for the 11th constituency of Pas-de-Calais (since 2017) MEP for North-West France (2004–2017)
Jean Lassalle (69) Résistons!			Deputy for the 4th constituency of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (since 2002) Mayor of Lourdios-Ichère (1977–2017)
Joachim Son-Forget (41) Valeur absolue			Deputy for the 6th constituency of French residents overseas (since 2017)
Jean-Luc Mélenchon (73) La France Insoumise			Deputy for the 4th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône (since 2017) MEP for South-West France (2009–2017)

Declined

Jacques Cheminade, candidate of Solidarity and Progress (S&P) in the 1995, 2012, and 2017 presidential elections
François Fillon, Prime Minister from 2007 to 2012 and candidate of The Republicans (LR) in the 2017 presidential election
Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris since 2014
Gérard Larcher, president of the Senate
Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economy and Finance since 2017 and candidate in the 2016 primary of the right and centre
Marion Maréchal, member of the National Assembly for Vaucluse's 3rd constituency from 2012 to 2017 and regional councillor of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur from 2015 to 2017
Philippe Poutou, candidate of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in the 2012 and 2017 presidential elections
François Hollande, President of the French Republic from 2012 to 2017