French presidential election, 2022

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French presidential election, 2022
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Emmanuel Macron
REM


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. Should 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!, who won the 2017 presidential election and whose term lasts until 13 May 2022.

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Background

The President of the French Republic is elected to a five-year term in a two-round election under Article 7 of the constitution: if no candidate secures an absolute majority of votes in the first round, a second round is held two weeks later between the two candidates who received the most votes. [1] Per the constitution, the first round of the presidential election must be held between 20 and 35 days before the transition of power at the end of the five-year term of the incumbent president. Because Emmanuel Macron took office on 14 May 2017, the transition of power is slated to take place on 13 May 2022, meaning that the first round of the presidential election will be held between 8 and 23 April 2022, with the second round held two weeks after the first. [2]

Constitution of France French Constitution adopted in 1958

The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic, and replaced that of the Fourth Republic dating from 1946. Charles de Gaulle was the main driving force in introducing the new constitution and inaugurating the Fifth Republic, while the text was drafted by Michel Debré. Since then the constitution has been amended twenty-four times, most recently in 2008.

To be listed on the first-round ballot, candidates must secure 500 signatures (often referred to as parrainages) from national or local elected officials from at least 30 different departments or overseas collectivities, with no more than a tenth of these signatories from any single department. [3]

In the administrative divisions of France, the department is one of the three levels of government below the national level, between the administrative regions and the commune. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as regions. Departments are further subdivided into 334 arrondissements, themselves divided into cantons; the last two have no autonomy, and are used for the organisation of police, fire departments, and sometimes, elections.

The French overseas collectivities, like the French regions, are first-order administrative divisions of France, but have a semi-autonomous status. The COMs include some former French overseas colonies and other French overseas entities with a particular status, all of which became COMs by constitutional reform on 28 March 2003. The COMs should not be confused with the overseas regions and overseas departments, which have the same status as Mainland France but are just located outside Europe. As integral parts of France, overseas collectivities are represented in the National Assembly, Senate and Economic and Social Council. Only one COM, Saint Martin, is part of the European Union and can vote to elect members of the European Parliament (MEPs). The Pacific COMs use the CFP franc, a currency pegged to the euro, whereas the Atlantic COMs use the euro directly. As of 31 March 2011, there were five COMs:

Potential candidates

La République En Marche!

The Republicans

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Île-de-France Administrative region of France

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The Republicans (France) French right-wing political party

The Republicans is a centre-right, Gaullist, conservative political party in France.

National Rally

La France Insoumise

Socialist Party

In a document dated 17 October 2017, the Socialist Party (PS) noted that the financing of the 2022 presidential campaign was not assured despite "economic restructuring" but still planned to spend €12,000,000, the maximum permitted before the first round. According to the report, the leadership of the party seriously considered the possibility of not presenting a socialist candidate in 2022. [15]

Debout la France

Génération.s

Résistons!

Independent

Declined to be candidates

Opinion polls

First round

Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size		Abs. Arthaud
LO 		Poutou
NPA 		Mélenchon
FI 		Hamon
Génération.s 		Macron
REM 		Lassalle
Résistons! 		Wauquiez
LR 		Fillon
LR 		Dupont-Aignan
DLF 		Le Pen
RN 		Asselineau
UPR 		Cheminade
S&P
Ifop-Fiducial 12–16 Apr 20181,201–0.5%1%16.5%7%36%1%8%–6%23%1%<0.5%
0.5%1%16.5%6%33%1%–12%6%23%1%<0.5%
Ifop 13–18 Oct 20171,908–1%1.5%18%7%28%1.5%–15%5%21.5%1%0.5%
2017 election 23 Apr 2017–22.23%0.64%1.09%19.58%6.36%24.01%1.21%–20.01%4.70%21.30%0.92%0.18%

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