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2012 French presidential election

August 24, 2023

Presidential elections were held in France on 22 April 2012 (or 21 April in some overseas departments and territories), with a second round run-off held on 6 May (or 5 May for those same territories) to elect the President of France (who is also ex officio one of the two joint heads of state of Andorra, a sovereign state). The incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy was running for a second five-year term for which he was eligible for under the Constitution of France.

2012 French presidential election
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6 May 2012 (second round)		 2017 →
Turnout79.48% (first round) 4.29 pp
80.35% (second round) 3.62 pp
 
Nominee François Hollande Nicolas Sarkozy
Party PS UMP
Popular vote 18,000,668 16,860,685
Percentage 51.64% 48.36%

The first round ended with the selection of François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy as second round participants, as neither of them received a majority of votes cast in the first round. Hollande won the runoff with 51.64% of the vote to Sarkozy's 48.36%.[1] It was the second time in French history and the first time since the 1981 election that a President seeking reelection was denied a second term, and the only time the incumbent seeking reelection did not obtain the most votes in the first round.

The presidential elections were followed by legislative elections in June.

Electoral system

In overseas departments and territories of France located west of metropolitan France (Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and French Polynesia), voting takes place a day early, so that citizens in those territories and departments do not find themselves voting after the initial announcement of results. This is also the case for French residents in foreign countries west of metropolitan France. Some of these communities are remote; Amerindians in French Guiana, who are French citizens, "sometimes live more than three hours away by canoe from their ballot box", particularly in the large remote commune of Maripasoula. The electoral campaign papers sent to these voters, however, reportedly indicated 22 April as the day of the election, instead of 21 April.[2]

Candidates

In order to qualify for the first round of voting, a candidate had to collect the signatures of at least five hundred elected representatives among a total of more than 47,000; these could be mayors, general councillors, regional councillors, deputies, senators, members of the European Parliament elected in France.[3] The number of signatures per candidate is not released, but five hundred signatories for each candidate are chosen randomly and their names are published.[4] Ten candidates qualified in 2012:[5]

Primaries

Socialist Party

Main article: French Socialist Party presidential primary, 2011

The 2011 French Socialist Party presidential primary was the first open primary (primaires citoyennes), jointly held by the French Socialist Party and Radical Party of the Left[6][7][8] for selecting their candidate for the 2012 presidential election. Voters had to donate at least one Euro and sign a pledge to the values of the Left to be eligible.[9][10] The filing deadline for primary nomination papers was fixed on 13 July 2011 and six candidates competed in the first round of the vote. On election day, 9 October 2011, no candidate won at least 50% of the vote therefore the two candidates with the most votes contested a runoff election on 16 October 2011: François Hollande won the primary, defeating Martine Aubry.[11] The idea for holding an open primary to choose the Socialist Party candidate was originally suggested in 2008 by the left-leaning think tank Terra Nova.[12]

Europe Écologie–The Greens

 
The candidates of the Ecology primary sitting together

Europe Écologie–The Greens (EELV) held a primary to choose its candidate. The vote was open to all members of the party and of the Independent Ecological Movement. There were four candidates. The first round was held on 29 June 2011. Eva Joly, a member of EELV and a former examining magistrate, obtained 49.75% of the vote, ahead of independent candidate and environmental campaigner Nicolas Hulot (40.22%). The other two candidates, Henri Stoll and Stéphane Lhomme, obtained 5.02% and 4.44% respectively. The second round was held on 12 July, with Eva Joly obtaining 13,223 votes (58.16%) to Hulot's 9,399.[13]

Confirmed candidates

Campaign

The official campaign began on 20 March, but in the wake of the shooting at the Ozar Hatorah day school in Toulouse the two leading candidates, Hollande and Sarkozy, suspended their campaigns.[23] Although Jean-Luc Mélenchon argued that to continue with the campaign was "an act of moral, emotional and intellectual resistance."[24] In some parts of the media, Sarkozy and Le Pen were also criticised for misusing the Midi-Pyrénées shootings as campaign fodder against "radical Islam."[25]

The following is a brief overview of the campaign adapted from information in Le Monde.[26]

François Hollande

Main article: 2012 François Hollande presidential campaign
 
Hollande campaigning

François Hollande, the candidate of the Socialist Party and the Radical Party of the Left, topped the opinion polls throughout the campaign. He emphasised his promise to be a "normal" president, in contrast to Nicolas Sarkozy's sometimes controversial presidential style. He aimed to resorb France's national debt by 2017, notably by cancelling tax cuts for the wealthy and tax exemptions introduced by President Sarkozy. Income tax would be raised to 75% for incomes beyond one million euros; the retirement age would be brought back to 60 (with a full pension) for persons who have worked 42 years; 60 000 jobs cut by Nicolas Sarkozy in public education would be recreated. Homosexual couples would have the right to marry and adopt. Residents without European Union passports would be given the right to vote in local elections after five years of legal residency. On housing, he has promised to regulate rises in rent; to use punitive measures to compel towns and cities to apply the 2000 Law on Solidarity and Urban Renewal (French article on the law), which mandates the providing of social housing; and to provide public lands for the building of social housing. Hollande won the election, finishing first on the first balloting of ten candidates in April with 28.63% of the vote, and again finishing first on the runoff ballot between himself and Sarkozy with 51.64% against Sarkozy's 48.36%.[27]

Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy, the incumbent president and candidate of the Union for a Popular Movement, was aiming for a second and last term in office. He was consistently second in opinion polls throughout the campaign, behind François Hollande. His reforms during his first term included a reform of universities, and of the retirement age; a reform enabling citizens to query the constitutionality of laws; and a reduction in the number of public sector employees. He argued that his reforms had helped steer France through a period of economic crisis.

 
Sarkozy rally at Place de la Concorde

Sarkozy's campaign pledges for his potential second term are described by Le Monde as "anchored on the right". He has promised to reduce legal immigration by 50%; threatened to withdraw France from the Schengen Area unless it were revised to enable stricter border controls; promised to compel beneficiaries of the Revenu de solidarité active to accept certain jobs, in exchange for support in finding them; and opposed Hollande's proposals in favour of gay marriage and voting rights for foreign residents in local elections. He has also promised more frequent referendums, for citizens to be consulted on major issues.

Sarkozy admitted during the campaign that he did not visit Fukushima while in Japan after the previous year's earthquake and tsunami, despite having previously said he had done so.[28]

Marine Le Pen

Main article: 2012 Marine Le Pen presidential campaign
 
Le Pen campaigning

Marine Le Pen is the candidate of the National Front, succeeding her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was a candidate in five presidential elections. Aiming to reach the second round, as her father had done in 2002, she also attempted to provide a different image of the party, avoiding the controversial statements previously made by her father. She has advocated "national preference" for French citizens (over foreign residents) for access to jobs and social services, and a form of protectionism, as well as withdrawing from the euro and the European Union. She has advocated reducing legal immigration by 95%, abolishing the right to family reunification, and reinstating the death penalty, abolished in 1981 by then president François Mitterrand. She held the third place in opinion polls for much of the campaign, occasionally rising into first and second place in 2011 or dipping to fourth behind Jean-Luc Mélenchon, but remained consistently behind Hollande and Sarkozy by 2012. She finished the 2012 balloting with 17.90% of the vote tally, placing her third in the final results.[27]

Jean-Luc Mélenchon

 
Mélenchon campaigning

Jean-Luc Mélenchon is the candidate of the Left Front, which includes in particular the French Communist Party and the Left Party. (He is a member of the latter.) He has been described as the surprise or revelation of the campaign, with his level of support in opinion polls rising from 5% in October 2011 to around 15% (and sometimes up to 17%) by the end of the campaign. He finished in the first round of balloting with 11.10% of the national electorate, placing him fourth in the field of 10 candidatess.[27] He inaugurated the practice of giant open-air meetings, which the two leading candidates then adopted in turn. A former French teacher, he was noted for his eloquent style and oratory, but also for his argumentative relationship with journalists, and occasional insults; he notably described Marine Le Pen as "half-demented". He proposed raising the minimum wage to €1,700; setting a maximum wage differential of 1 to 20 in all businesses, so that employers wishing to increase their own salaries would also have to increase those of their employees; setting social and environmental norms which businesses would have to respect in order to receive public subsidies; supporting social enterprises through government procurement; taxing imports which do not meet certain social and environmental norms; and reestablishing 60 as the legal retirement age with a full pension. There would be an "ecological planification" towards a green, sustainable economy, backed by a "green rule" (règle verte) to be inscribed in the Constitution. On tax, he has proposed a progressive taxation, with higher taxes on the wealthy and a 100% tax rate beyond an income of €360,000 (thereby creating a maximum wage); expatriate French nationals established in a country with a lower tax rate than in France would pay the difference in tax in France. Businesses creating jobs, paying higher wages and/or providing training would receive tax cuts. Healthcare costs would be fully reimbursed by the state, and the right to die would be recognised. The right to abortion would be secured through inclusion in the Constitution. Homosexual couples would have the right to marry and adopt. Naturalisation of foreign residents would be facilitated, and foreign residents would have the right to vote in local elections. A constitutional convention would be assembled, with an aim in particular to increase the prerogatives of Parliament and diminish the powers of the President; all elections would be based on proportional representation, with gender parity.

François Bayrou

 
Bayrou campaigning

François Bayrou was the candidate of the Democratic Movement, which he founded in 2007. He is one of only two candidates to stand in both the 2007 and 2012 elections (the other being Nicolas Sarkozy); he obtained 18.57% of the vote in 2007, finishing third. In the 2012 election he received 9.13% of the vote in the first round of balloting, finishing fifth.[27] He stands for an independent centre in politics, which he has sought to distinguish clearly both from the left and the right. Describing France as being "in a critical state", he has focused on reducing the country's national debt, through a public spending freeze, cuts to tax exemptions, and a raise in taxes (Value added tax and taxes on the wealthy). On education, he has proposed that half the time in primary school should be dedicated to the mastering of reading and writing.

Eva Joly

Main article: 2012 Eva Joly presidential campaign
 
Joly campaigning

Eva Joly was the candidate of Europe Écologie–The Greens. Before entering politics for this election, she was a known public figure, as the examining magistrate in criminal corruption cases involving powerful companies or individuals – notably the Elf Aquitaine oil company, the Crédit Lyonnais bank or businessman and politician Bernard Tapie. (See: Elf affair (fr).) She is also the first foreign-born person to stand for the French presidency; born in Norway, she is a naturalized French citizen. She focused her campaign not only on the environment but also on social issues, describing herself as the representative of the "reasonable" or "realistic" left, and on denouncing discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities. Homosexual couples would be given the right to marry and adopt, and foreign residents would have the right to vote in all elections. She suggested that the "ecological transformation of the economy" would create 600 000 jobs over the next five years. An agreement signed between her party and the Socialist Party contained a clause on the closing of nuclear reactors; in the final stages of the campaign, when François Hollande announced it would not be upheld, she expressed the hope she could still convince him. She also drew attention by accusing Nicolas Sarkozy of having obtained illicit funding for his previous campaign; critics accused her of ignoring the presumption of innocence, and Sarkozy himself replied that he "despised" her accusations. Known for her bright red glasses, which she symbolically switched for bright green ones, she was described by the press as struggling with her campaign, barely reaching 3% in opinion polls.

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

 
Dupont-Aignan campaigning

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, described as an "anti-euro souverainist", is the candidate of Arise the Republic, a party he founded in 2008. He has advocated leaving the euro on grounds of economic well-being, and the European Union "in its current form", which he describes as "already dead" and leading to "economic ruin and social regression". He has called for an "intelligent protectionism", with tariffs on imports that result from "human slavery"; and tax cuts for businesses that reinvest their profits in France. He has described himself as a Gaullist.

Philippe Poutou

 
Poutou campaigning

Philippe Poutou, a worker in a car factory, is the candidate of the New Anticapitalist Party, succeeding Olivier Besancenot. For much of the campaign, he remained little known to the general public; he was described as lacking Besancenot's popularity, charisma and ease with words. Freely admitting that he did not particularly want to be a candidate, and that he did not aim to be elected (particularly as one of his policies was to abolish the function of president, in favour of a fully parliamentary system), he saw his profile and popularity increase somewhat in the late stages of the campaign, when all candidates obtained equal airtime in the media. In particular, his unconventional behaviour drew attention during the television programme Des paroles et des actes (fr), along with his unusual campaign clips – such as one based on the film The Artist.[29][30] Like Nathalie Arthaud, his message was that improvements in workers' rights would come through workers' struggles and demands rather than through the ballot box.

Nathalie Arthaud

 
Arthaud campaigning

Nathalie Arthaud, a teacher of economics and management in a secondary school, is the candidate of Workers' Struggle. She succeeds famous perennial candidate Arlette Laguiller, who represented the party in six consecutive presidential elections, from 1974 to 2007. A Trotskyist, she has described herself as the "only communist candidate" in the election. She has stated that she does not aim to be elected, describing elections as "inessential", and considering that workers will obtain new rights only through their struggles rather than through the ballot box.

Jacques Cheminade

Jacques Cheminade is the candidate of his Solidarity and Progress movement, the French branch of the LaRouche movement. Described as a "conspiracy theorist" by the press, he drew some attention with his proposals for an expanded space programme, and stagnated slightly above 0% in the opinion polls.

Second round

 
François Hollande at a meeting during 2012 political campaign.

Since the first round there had been a drive to woo far-right voters[31] with Sarkozy making immigration a major issue of his campaign and Hollande focusing on the euro-zone crisis and the state of the economy.[32] Sarkozy's move to the right in embracing National Front themes such as stricter immigration has drawn criticism from prominent figures from his own party such as former Prime Ministers Dominique de Villepin, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Alain Juppé and Senators Chantal Jouanno and Jean-René Lecerf.[33] There was more criticism of the German-led austerity measures by Hollande,[34] while he also responded to Sarkozy's words at a rally in Toulouse saying that "without borders there is no nation, there is no Republic, there is no civilisation. We are not superior to others but we are different." In turn Hollande told a bigger rally in Paris that "I want victory, but not at any price, not at the price of caricature and lies. I want to win over the men and women who are angry, a hundred times yes, but compromise myself? A thousand times no."[35] Sarkozy reiterated threats to withdraw from the Schengen Agreement if there was no tightening of border controls. He also said that there would be a presumption of self-defense when police are involved in the killing of suspects and criticised the EU's lack of mention of Europe's Christian roots in its constitution. Many of the issues were similar to that of the National Front, from which Sarkozy's UMP gained votes between the 2002 and 2007 election. He further spoke "to those French who stay home, don't complain when Francois Hollande is elected and regularizes all illegal immigrants and lets foreigners vote."[36]

Le Pen stated she would submit a blank ballot in the run-off, calling on her supporters to make their own choices.[37] Bayrou announced on 3 May that he would vote for Hollande.[38] German Chancellor Angela Merkel also said she saw nothing "normal" in Hollande, despite his attempts to portray himself as such; instead she supported Sarkozy's campaign.[39] Campaigning officially ended on 4 May.[40]

In the last government bond sale before the election, the previously rising yields fell slightly, while the amount sold was marginally lower than expected.[41]

International effect

The campaign has led to a "certain degree of gridlock in EU's corridors of power". It's unclear who will be the head of the Euro Group, who will join the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) and who will lead the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).[42]

Endorsements

In the days before the election, editorials in the main newspapers expressed opinions about the two candidates. Le Monde did not explicitly support one or the other, but wrote that Hollande "has confirmed, between the two rounds, his consistency, albeit without addressing the vagueness of some of his own proposals", while Sarkozy "has demonstrated his inconsistency, first running after the National Front, crossing the red line which had been set at the turn of the 1980s, and respected since then in the ranks of the republican right, before moving back towards the centre to avoid a breakdown with his own side".[43] Libération supported Hollande:[44]

On the right, Nicolas Sarkozy has kept up a strategy of tension, leading his side into a transgression of its founding values. Whatever the outcome of the vote, the political landscape will remain, as a consequence, marked by a lasting and dangerous change. On the left, François Hollande has demonstrated that another vision of politics, another way of conceiving the State, another European politics are not only possible but within sight. And that, to finish, justice must be the cardinal virtue of societies such as ours, marked by a deep crisis and anger.

Le Figaro published an editorial in support of Sarkozy.[45]

Of the candidates who went out in the first round, Bayrou, Joly and Cheminade all explicitly declared their support for Hollande in the second round, while Mélenchon and Poutou implicitly endorsed a vote for Hollande by urging their supporters to vote against Sarkozy. Dupont-Aignan backed Sarkozy, while Le Pen and Arthaud declined to support either candidate.

Debates

There was one televised debate between Hollande and Sarkozy, although Sarkozy said he would prefer three,[46] an idea Hollande rejected. This took place on 2 May.[47] Hollande accused Sarkozy of dividing the French and failing to lower unemployment. Hollande promised to be a president for social justice, economic recovery and national unity. Sarkozy was said to have told Hollande that his lack of experience in national government made him unfit for the task of leading the world's fifth-largest economy in a crisis.[48]

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2012 French presidential election
First round

 

Second round

 

French law sets a blackout of the release of exit polls until the last polling station is closed at 20:00, with fines of up to €75,000. However, the result was leaked on Twitter, circumventing the law with code names: "Flanby" for Hollande, "le nain" (midget) for Sarkozy, Titanic for Marine Le Pen, or Tomate for Mélenchon, as well as other humorous names and metaphors were also used such as Amsterdam (for Hollande), Budapest (for Sarkozy, who has Hungarian heritage), Berlin (for Le Pen, due to the Nazi past of Germany) and Moscow (for Mélenchon, due to the Communist past of Russia). The hashtag #RadioLondres was used as it recalls the coded messages from World War II sent by Radio Londres.[49] EU-based media outlets not subject to the French blackout law reported early exit poll results before closure of the polls, in both rounds of the election.[50][51][52] Olivier Cimelière reported that some people saw a risk of manipulating future elections.[53]

Results

 
Results by commune for the 1st round of French presidential elections, 2012.

François Hollande received 51.64% of the votes, while Nicolas Sarkozy secured 48.36% of the votes in the second round.[54] Sarkozy became the first one-term president since Valéry Giscard d'Estaing lost to François Mitterrand in 1981.

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
François HollandeSocialist Party10,272,70528.6318,000,66851.64
Nicolas SarkozyUnion for a Popular Movement9,753,62927.1816,860,68548.36
Marine Le PenNational Front6,421,42617.90
Jean-Luc MélenchonLeft Front3,984,82211.10
François BayrouDemocratic Movement3,275,1229.13
Eva JolyEurope Ecology – The Greens828,3452.31
Nicolas Dupont-AignanRepublic Arise643,9071.79
Philippe PoutouNew Anticapitalist Party411,1601.15
Nathalie ArthaudWorkers' Struggle202,5480.56
Jacques CheminadeSolidarity and Progress89,5450.25
Total35,883,209100.0034,861,353100.00
Valid votes35,883,20998.0834,861,35394.18
Invalid/blank votes701,1901.922,154,9565.82
Total votes36,584,399100.0037,016,309100.00
Registered voters/turnout46,028,54279.4846,066,30780.35
Source: Constitutional Council (First round  · Second round)

First round

Tables

Second round

 
Second Round 2007-2012 Swing by Departement
  Swing
  •   +21% Sarkozy
  •   +2-4% Hollande
  •   +4-6% Hollande
  •   +6-8% Hollande
  •   +8-10% Hollande
  •   +10-12% Hollande
  •   +12-14% Hollande
  •   +>14% Hollande

Tables

Reactions

Sarkozy called for UMP to "stay together. We must win the battle of the legislatives" and said that "in this new era, I will remain one of you, but my place will no longer be the same. My engagement with the life of my country will now be different, but time will never strain the bonds between us." Hollande then spoke at a victory rally in Tulle where he said:

To those who haven't voted for me, let them know that I hear them, and that I will be president to all. There is one France, united in the same destiny. We will never be apart, how beautiful life is tonight!

He then travelled to Paris, where supporters of the Socialist Party gathered outside the headquarters.[55] He also said that "Europe is watching us. Austerity isn't inevitable. My mission now is to give European construction a growth dimension."[56]

International Reactions

  •   Andorra – In electing the President of France, French citizens had also elected one of the two heads of state of Andorra. Prime Minister Antoni Martí congratulated François Hollande, expressing his confidence both in the continuation of the "excellent" relationship between Andorra and France, and in Hollande's awareness of the importance of his role as Co-Prince of Andorra. Jaume Bartumeu, of Andorra's Social Democratic Party (in opposition), described Hollande's victory as "the beginning of the resurgence of social democracy in Europe".[57][58]
  •   Belgium – Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo welcomed the election of his "friend", adding: "François Hollande's proposals on economic growth [...] will have a positive impact for all Europeans and on European authorities".[59]
  •   Denmark – Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt congratulated Hollande for his win.[60]
  •   Germany – Chancellor Angela Merkel sent her congratulations to Hollande and said that she and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle "agreed to discuss the kind of growth pact that Hollande has championed."[60]
  •   Italy – Prime Minister Mario Monti congratulated François Hollande, saying he looked forward to a "close collaboration" within the European framework, the aim of which would be "an ever-more efficient union with economic growth as its objective". He added that the results of the French and Greek elections required thinking about European policies, adding that in his view public spending should be concentrated on "productive investments" and avoid increasing debts.[59]
  •   Spain – Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy expressed congratulations, saying he looked forward to "fruitful bilateral and Europeans relations" with the new president.[59]
  •   United Kingdom – Prime Minister David Cameron congratulated François Hollande and said he looked forward to the two countries maintaining their "very close relationship". Opposition Leader Ed Miliband applauded Hollande's "determination to help create a Europe focused on growth and job creation, in a responsible and sustainable manner. [...] We are in great need of this new direction as Europe seeks to escape from austerity. I'm impatient to work with him in the months and years to come".[59]
  •   United States – President Barack Obama congratulated Hollande for his victory and invited him to the White House.[60]

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Further reading

  • Baujard, Antoinette, et al. "Who's favored by evaluative voting? An experiment conducted during the 2012 French presidential election." Electoral Studies 34 (2014): 131-145. Online
  • Beaudonnet, Laurie, and Pavlos Vasilopoulos. "Green parties in hard times: The case of EELV in the 2012 French presidential election." Party Politics 20.2 (2014): 275-285.
  • Bélanger, Éric, et al. "Patrimony and French presidential vote choice: Evidence from the 2012 election." French Politics 12.1 (2014): 59-68. Online[dead link] Online
  • Choi, Yun Son, and William L. Benoit. "A functional analysis of the 2007 and 2012 French Presidential debates." Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 42.3 (2013): 215-227.
  • Clift, Ben. "Le changement? French socialism, the 2012 presidential election and the politics of economic credibility amidst the eurozone crisis." Parliamentary affairs 66.1 (2013): 106-123. Online
  • Evans, J. and G. Ivaldi, eds. The 2012 French Presidential Elections: The Inevitable Alternation (2013) excerpt
  • Nadeau, Richard, and Michael S. Lewis-Beck. "French election theory: Why Sarkozy lost." Parliamentary Affairs 66.1 (2013): 52–68.
  • Perrineau, Pascal, ed. The 2012 French Election: How the Electorate Decided (2016) excerpt
  • Theviot, Anaïs. "Towards a standardization of campaign strategies dictated by the Obama ‘model’? The case of ‘American-style’ canvassing during the 2012 French presidential election campaign." French Politics 14.2 (2016): 158-177. Online[dead link]
  • Vassallo, Francesca. "The EU discourse in the 2012 French presidential election." French Politics, Culture & Society 30.3 (2012): 79–95.

External links

  • Opinion poll tracker with data
  • NSD: European Election Database – France 24 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990–2012
  • A clickable map showing elections results by region, department, and commune on the website of L'Humanité

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2012, french, presidential, election, presidential, elections, were, held, france, april, 2012, april, some, overseas, departments, territories, with, second, round, held, those, same, territories, elect, president, france, also, officio, joint, heads, state, . Presidential elections were held in France on 22 April 2012 or 21 April in some overseas departments and territories with a second round run off held on 6 May or 5 May for those same territories to elect the President of France who is also ex officio one of the two joint heads of state of Andorra a sovereign state The incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy was running for a second five year term for which he was eligible for under the Constitution of France 2012 French presidential election 2007 22 April 2012 first round 6 May 2012 second round 2017 Turnout79 48 first round 4 29 pp80 35 second round 3 62 pp Nominee Francois Hollande Nicolas SarkozyParty PS UMPPopular vote 18 000 668 16 860 685Percentage 51 64 48 36 First round results by department and regionSecond round results by department and regionPresident before electionNicolas SarkozyUMP Elected President Francois HollandePSThe first round ended with the selection of Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy as second round participants as neither of them received a majority of votes cast in the first round Hollande won the runoff with 51 64 of the vote to Sarkozy s 48 36 1 It was the second time in French history and the first time since the 1981 election that a President seeking reelection was denied a second term and the only time the incumbent seeking reelection did not obtain the most votes in the first round The presidential elections were followed by legislative elections in June Contents 1 Electoral system 2 Candidates 2 1 Primaries 2 1 1 Socialist Party 2 1 2 Europe Ecologie The Greens 2 2 Confirmed candidates 3 Campaign 3 1 Francois Hollande 3 2 Nicolas Sarkozy 3 3 Marine Le Pen 3 4 Jean Luc Melenchon 3 5 Francois Bayrou 3 6 Eva Joly 3 7 Nicolas Dupont Aignan 3 8 Philippe Poutou 3 9 Nathalie Arthaud 3 10 Jacques Cheminade 3 11 Second round 3 12 Endorsements 3 13 Debates 4 Opinion polls 5 Results 5 1 First round 5 1 1 Tables 5 2 Second round 5 2 1 Tables 6 Reactions 6 1 International Reactions 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksElectoral system EditIn overseas departments and territories of France located west of metropolitan France Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Martin Saint Barthelemy Guadeloupe Martinique French Guiana and French Polynesia voting takes place a day early so that citizens in those territories and departments do not find themselves voting after the initial announcement of results This is also the case for French residents in foreign countries west of metropolitan France Some of these communities are remote Amerindians in French Guiana who are French citizens sometimes live more than three hours away by canoe from their ballot box particularly in the large remote commune of Maripasoula The electoral campaign papers sent to these voters however reportedly indicated 22 April as the day of the election instead of 21 April 2 Candidates EditIn order to qualify for the first round of voting a candidate had to collect the signatures of at least five hundred elected representatives among a total of more than 47 000 these could be mayors general councillors regional councillors deputies senators members of the European Parliament elected in France 3 The number of signatures per candidate is not released but five hundred signatories for each candidate are chosen randomly and their names are published 4 Ten candidates qualified in 2012 5 Primaries Edit Socialist Party Edit Main article French Socialist Party presidential primary 2011 The 2011 French Socialist Party presidential primary was the first open primary primaires citoyennes jointly held by the French Socialist Party and Radical Party of the Left 6 7 8 for selecting their candidate for the 2012 presidential election Voters had to donate at least one Euro and sign a pledge to the values of the Left to be eligible 9 10 The filing deadline for primary nomination papers was fixed on 13 July 2011 and six candidates competed in the first round of the vote On election day 9 October 2011 no candidate won at least 50 of the vote therefore the two candidates with the most votes contested a runoff election on 16 October 2011 Francois Hollande won the primary defeating Martine Aubry 11 The idea for holding an open primary to choose the Socialist Party candidate was originally suggested in 2008 by the left leaning think tank Terra Nova 12 Europe Ecologie The Greens Edit The candidates of the Ecology primary sitting togetherEurope Ecologie The Greens EELV held a primary to choose its candidate The vote was open to all members of the party and of the Independent Ecological Movement There were four candidates The first round was held on 29 June 2011 Eva Joly a member of EELV and a former examining magistrate obtained 49 75 of the vote ahead of independent candidate and environmental campaigner Nicolas Hulot 40 22 The other two candidates Henri Stoll and Stephane Lhomme obtained 5 02 and 4 44 respectively The second round was held on 12 July with Eva Joly obtaining 13 223 votes 58 16 to Hulot s 9 399 13 Confirmed candidates Edit Socialist Party President of the General Council of Correze former First Secretary of the Socialist Party and MP Francois Hollande Union for a Popular Movement On 15 February 2012 President Nicolas Sarkozy announced he was running for a second five year term 14 National Front Party president and MEP Marine Le Pen was selected on 16 May 2011 15 16 17 Left Front MEP former senator and co president of the Left Party Jean Luc Melenchon 18 Democratic Movement Francois Bayrou president of MoDem and MP confirmed his candidacy on 22 August 2011 19 Europe Ecologie The Greens MEP and former magistrate Eva Joly 20 Arise the Republic Mayor of Yerres and MP Nicolas Dupont Aignan 21 New Anticapitalist Party Philippe Poutou 22 Workers Struggle Nathalie Arthaud Solidarity and Progress Jacques CheminadeCampaign EditThe official campaign began on 20 March but in the wake of the shooting at the Ozar Hatorah day school in Toulouse the two leading candidates Hollande and Sarkozy suspended their campaigns 23 Although Jean Luc Melenchon argued that to continue with the campaign was an act of moral emotional and intellectual resistance 24 In some parts of the media Sarkozy and Le Pen were also criticised for misusing the Midi Pyrenees shootings as campaign fodder against radical Islam 25 The following is a brief overview of the campaign adapted from information in Le Monde 26 Francois Hollande Edit Main article 2012 Francois Hollande presidential campaign Hollande campaigningFrancois Hollande the candidate of the Socialist Party and the Radical Party of the Left topped the opinion polls throughout the campaign He emphasised his promise to be a normal president in contrast to Nicolas Sarkozy s sometimes controversial presidential style He aimed to resorb France s national debt by 2017 notably by cancelling tax cuts for the wealthy and tax exemptions introduced by President Sarkozy Income tax would be raised to 75 for incomes beyond one million euros the retirement age would be brought back to 60 with a full pension for persons who have worked 42 years 60 000 jobs cut by Nicolas Sarkozy in public education would be recreated Homosexual couples would have the right to marry and adopt Residents without European Union passports would be given the right to vote in local elections after five years of legal residency On housing he has promised to regulate rises in rent to use punitive measures to compel towns and cities to apply the 2000 Law on Solidarity and Urban Renewal French article on the law which mandates the providing of social housing and to provide public lands for the building of social housing Hollande won the election finishing first on the first balloting of ten candidates in April with 28 63 of the vote and again finishing first on the runoff ballot between himself and Sarkozy with 51 64 against Sarkozy s 48 36 27 Nicolas Sarkozy Edit Nicolas Sarkozy the incumbent president and candidate of the Union for a Popular Movement was aiming for a second and last term in office He was consistently second in opinion polls throughout the campaign behind Francois Hollande His reforms during his first term included a reform of universities and of the retirement age a reform enabling citizens to query the constitutionality of laws and a reduction in the number of public sector employees He argued that his reforms had helped steer France through a period of economic crisis Sarkozy rally at Place de la ConcordeSarkozy s campaign pledges for his potential second term are described by Le Monde as anchored on the right He has promised to reduce legal immigration by 50 threatened to withdraw France from the Schengen Area unless it were revised to enable stricter border controls promised to compel beneficiaries of the Revenu de solidarite active to accept certain jobs in exchange for support in finding them and opposed Hollande s proposals in favour of gay marriage and voting rights for foreign residents in local elections He has also promised more frequent referendums for citizens to be consulted on major issues Sarkozy admitted during the campaign that he did not visit Fukushima while in Japan after the previous year s earthquake and tsunami despite having previously said he had done so 28 Marine Le Pen Edit Main article 2012 Marine Le Pen presidential campaign Le Pen campaigningMarine Le Pen is the candidate of the National Front succeeding her father Jean Marie Le Pen who was a candidate in five presidential elections Aiming to reach the second round as her father had done in 2002 she also attempted to provide a different image of the party avoiding the controversial statements previously made by her father She has advocated national preference for French citizens over foreign residents for access to jobs and social services and a form of protectionism as well as withdrawing from the euro and the European Union She has advocated reducing legal immigration by 95 abolishing the right to family reunification and reinstating the death penalty abolished in 1981 by then president Francois Mitterrand She held the third place in opinion polls for much of the campaign occasionally rising into first and second place in 2011 or dipping to fourth behind Jean Luc Melenchon but remained consistently behind Hollande and Sarkozy by 2012 She finished the 2012 balloting with 17 90 of the vote tally placing her third in the final results 27 Jean Luc Melenchon Edit Melenchon campaigningJean Luc Melenchon is the candidate of the Left Front which includes in particular the French Communist Party and the Left Party He is a member of the latter He has been described as the surprise or revelation of the campaign with his level of support in opinion polls rising from 5 in October 2011 to around 15 and sometimes up to 17 by the end of the campaign He finished in the first round of balloting with 11 10 of the national electorate placing him fourth in the field of 10 candidatess 27 He inaugurated the practice of giant open air meetings which the two leading candidates then adopted in turn A former French teacher he was noted for his eloquent style and oratory but also for his argumentative relationship with journalists and occasional insults he notably described Marine Le Pen as half demented He proposed raising the minimum wage to 1 700 setting a maximum wage differential of 1 to 20 in all businesses so that employers wishing to increase their own salaries would also have to increase those of their employees setting social and environmental norms which businesses would have to respect in order to receive public subsidies supporting social enterprises through government procurement taxing imports which do not meet certain social and environmental norms and reestablishing 60 as the legal retirement age with a full pension There would be an ecological planification towards a green sustainable economy backed by a green rule regle verte to be inscribed in the Constitution On tax he has proposed a progressive taxation with higher taxes on the wealthy and a 100 tax rate beyond an income of 360 000 thereby creating a maximum wage expatriate French nationals established in a country with a lower tax rate than in France would pay the difference in tax in France Businesses creating jobs paying higher wages and or providing training would receive tax cuts Healthcare costs would be fully reimbursed by the state and the right to die would be recognised The right to abortion would be secured through inclusion in the Constitution Homosexual couples would have the right to marry and adopt Naturalisation of foreign residents would be facilitated and foreign residents would have the right to vote in local elections A constitutional convention would be assembled with an aim in particular to increase the prerogatives of Parliament and diminish the powers of the President all elections would be based on proportional representation with gender parity Francois Bayrou Edit Bayrou campaigningFrancois Bayrou was the candidate of the Democratic Movement which he founded in 2007 He is one of only two candidates to stand in both the 2007 and 2012 elections the other being Nicolas Sarkozy he obtained 18 57 of the vote in 2007 finishing third In the 2012 election he received 9 13 of the vote in the first round of balloting finishing fifth 27 He stands for an independent centre in politics which he has sought to distinguish clearly both from the left and the right Describing France as being in a critical state he has focused on reducing the country s national debt through a public spending freeze cuts to tax exemptions and a raise in taxes Value added tax and taxes on the wealthy On education he has proposed that half the time in primary school should be dedicated to the mastering of reading and writing Eva Joly Edit Main article 2012 Eva Joly presidential campaign Joly campaigningEva Joly was the candidate of Europe Ecologie The Greens Before entering politics for this election she was a known public figure as the examining magistrate in criminal corruption cases involving powerful companies or individuals notably the Elf Aquitaine oil company the Credit Lyonnais bank or businessman and politician Bernard Tapie See Elf affair fr She is also the first foreign born person to stand for the French presidency born in Norway she is a naturalized French citizen She focused her campaign not only on the environment but also on social issues describing herself as the representative of the reasonable or realistic left and on denouncing discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities Homosexual couples would be given the right to marry and adopt and foreign residents would have the right to vote in all elections She suggested that the ecological transformation of the economy would create 600 000 jobs over the next five years An agreement signed between her party and the Socialist Party contained a clause on the closing of nuclear reactors in the final stages of the campaign when Francois Hollande announced it would not be upheld she expressed the hope she could still convince him She also drew attention by accusing Nicolas Sarkozy of having obtained illicit funding for his previous campaign critics accused her of ignoring the presumption of innocence and Sarkozy himself replied that he despised her accusations Known for her bright red glasses which she symbolically switched for bright green ones she was described by the press as struggling with her campaign barely reaching 3 in opinion polls Nicolas Dupont Aignan Edit Dupont Aignan campaigningNicolas Dupont Aignan described as an anti euro souverainist is the candidate of Arise the Republic a party he founded in 2008 He has advocated leaving the euro on grounds of economic well being and the European Union in its current form which he describes as already dead and leading to economic ruin and social regression He has called for an intelligent protectionism with tariffs on imports that result from human slavery and tax cuts for businesses that reinvest their profits in France He has described himself as a Gaullist Philippe Poutou Edit Poutou campaigningPhilippe Poutou a worker in a car factory is the candidate of the New Anticapitalist Party succeeding Olivier Besancenot For much of the campaign he remained little known to the general public he was described as lacking Besancenot s popularity charisma and ease with words Freely admitting that he did not particularly want to be a candidate and that he did not aim to be elected particularly as one of his policies was to abolish the function of president in favour of a fully parliamentary system he saw his profile and popularity increase somewhat in the late stages of the campaign when all candidates obtained equal airtime in the media In particular his unconventional behaviour drew attention during the television programme Des paroles et des actes fr along with his unusual campaign clips such as one based on the film The Artist 29 30 Like Nathalie Arthaud his message was that improvements in workers rights would come through workers struggles and demands rather than through the ballot box Nathalie Arthaud Edit Arthaud campaigningNathalie Arthaud a teacher of economics and management in a secondary school is the candidate of Workers Struggle She succeeds famous perennial candidate Arlette Laguiller who represented the party in six consecutive presidential elections from 1974 to 2007 A Trotskyist she has described herself as the only communist candidate in the election She has stated that she does not aim to be elected describing elections as inessential and considering that workers will obtain new rights only through their struggles rather than through the ballot box Jacques Cheminade Edit Jacques Cheminade is the candidate of his Solidarity and Progress movement the French branch of the LaRouche movement Described as a conspiracy theorist by the press he drew some attention with his proposals for an expanded space programme and stagnated slightly above 0 in the opinion polls Second round Edit Francois Hollande at a meeting during 2012 political campaign Since the first round there had been a drive to woo far right voters 31 with Sarkozy making immigration a major issue of his campaign and Hollande focusing on the euro zone crisis and the state of the economy 32 Sarkozy s move to the right in embracing National Front themes such as stricter immigration has drawn criticism from prominent figures from his own party such as former Prime Ministers Dominique de Villepin Jean Pierre Raffarin Alain Juppe and Senators Chantal Jouanno and Jean Rene Lecerf 33 There was more criticism of the German led austerity measures by Hollande 34 while he also responded to Sarkozy s words at a rally in Toulouse saying that without borders there is no nation there is no Republic there is no civilisation We are not superior to others but we are different In turn Hollande told a bigger rally in Paris that I want victory but not at any price not at the price of caricature and lies I want to win over the men and women who are angry a hundred times yes but compromise myself A thousand times no 35 Sarkozy reiterated threats to withdraw from the Schengen Agreement if there was no tightening of border controls He also said that there would be a presumption of self defense when police are involved in the killing of suspects and criticised the EU s lack of mention of Europe s Christian roots in its constitution Many of the issues were similar to that of the National Front from which Sarkozy s UMP gained votes between the 2002 and 2007 election He further spoke to those French who stay home don t complain when Francois Hollande is elected and regularizes all illegal immigrants and lets foreigners vote 36 Le Pen stated she would submit a blank ballot in the run off calling on her supporters to make their own choices 37 Bayrou announced on 3 May that he would vote for Hollande 38 German Chancellor Angela Merkel also said she saw nothing normal in Hollande despite his attempts to portray himself as such instead she supported Sarkozy s campaign 39 Campaigning officially ended on 4 May 40 In the last government bond sale before the election the previously rising yields fell slightly while the amount sold was marginally lower than expected 41 International effectThe campaign has led to a certain degree of gridlock in EU s corridors of power It s unclear who will be the head of the Euro Group who will join the Executive Board of the European Central Bank ECB and who will lead the European Stability Mechanism ESM 42 Endorsements Edit In the days before the election editorials in the main newspapers expressed opinions about the two candidates Le Monde did not explicitly support one or the other but wrote that Hollande has confirmed between the two rounds his consistency albeit without addressing the vagueness of some of his own proposals while Sarkozy has demonstrated his inconsistency first running after the National Front crossing the red line which had been set at the turn of the 1980s and respected since then in the ranks of the republican right before moving back towards the centre to avoid a breakdown with his own side 43 Liberation supported Hollande 44 On the right Nicolas Sarkozy has kept up a strategy of tension leading his side into a transgression of its founding values Whatever the outcome of the vote the political landscape will remain as a consequence marked by a lasting and dangerous change On the left Francois Hollande has demonstrated that another vision of politics another way of conceiving the State another European politics are not only possible but within sight And that to finish justice must be the cardinal virtue of societies such as ours marked by a deep crisis and anger Le Figaro published an editorial in support of Sarkozy 45 Of the candidates who went out in the first round Bayrou Joly and Cheminade all explicitly declared their support for Hollande in the second round while Melenchon and Poutou implicitly endorsed a vote for Hollande by urging their supporters to vote against Sarkozy Dupont Aignan backed Sarkozy while Le Pen and Arthaud declined to support either candidate Debates Edit There was one televised debate between Hollande and Sarkozy although Sarkozy said he would prefer three 46 an idea Hollande rejected This took place on 2 May 47 Hollande accused Sarkozy of dividing the French and failing to lower unemployment Hollande promised to be a president for social justice economic recovery and national unity Sarkozy was said to have told Hollande that his lack of experience in national government made him unfit for the task of leading the world s fifth largest economy in a crisis 48 Opinion polls EditMain article Opinion polling for the 2012 French presidential election First round Second round French law sets a blackout of the release of exit polls until the last polling station is closed at 20 00 with fines of up to 75 000 However the result was leaked on Twitter circumventing the law with code names Flanby for Hollande le nain midget for Sarkozy Titanic for Marine Le Pen or Tomate for Melenchon as well as other humorous names and metaphors were also used such as Amsterdam for Hollande Budapest for Sarkozy who has Hungarian heritage Berlin for Le Pen due to the Nazi past of Germany and Moscow for Melenchon due to the Communist past of Russia The hashtag RadioLondres was used as it recalls the coded messages from World War II sent by Radio Londres 49 EU based media outlets not subject to the French blackout law reported early exit poll results before closure of the polls in both rounds of the election 50 51 52 Olivier Cimeliere reported that some people saw a risk of manipulating future elections 53 Results Edit Results by commune for the 1st round of French presidential elections 2012 Hollande Sarkozy Le Pen Melenchon Bayrou Joly Dupont Aignan TieFrancois Hollande received 51 64 of the votes while Nicolas Sarkozy secured 48 36 of the votes in the second round 54 Sarkozy became the first one term president since Valery Giscard d Estaing lost to Francois Mitterrand in 1981 CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond roundVotes Votes Francois HollandeSocialist Party10 272 70528 6318 000 66851 64Nicolas SarkozyUnion for a Popular Movement9 753 62927 1816 860 68548 36Marine Le PenNational Front6 421 42617 90Jean Luc MelenchonLeft Front3 984 82211 10Francois BayrouDemocratic Movement3 275 1229 13Eva JolyEurope Ecology The Greens828 3452 31Nicolas Dupont AignanRepublic Arise643 9071 79Philippe PoutouNew Anticapitalist Party411 1601 15Nathalie ArthaudWorkers Struggle202 5480 56Jacques CheminadeSolidarity and Progress89 5450 25Total35 883 209100 0034 861 353100 00Valid votes35 883 20998 0834 861 35394 18Invalid blank votes701 1901 922 154 9565 82Total votes36 584 399100 0037 016 309100 00Registered voters turnout46 028 54279 4846 066 30780 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843 1 7 647 1 3 263 0 5 119 0 2Maine et Loire 123 534 27 1 136 420 29 9 63 252 13 9 42 601 9 3 58 196 12 8 10 737 2 4 10 087 2 2 6 338 1 4 3 426 0 8 1 182 0 3Manche 82 773 27 0 88 234 28 8 50 927 16 6 30 167 9 9 34 272 11 2 5 601 1 8 6 936 2 3 4 131 1 3 2 206 0 7 882 0 3Marne 71 432 24 1 88 707 29 9 66 640 22 4 25 292 8 5 28 210 9 5 4 482 1 5 6 029 2 0 3 534 1 2 1 949 0 7 712 0 2Haute Marne 25 970 23 7 30 604 28 0 27 624 25 3 9 720 8 9 8 712 8 0 1 506 1 4 2 637 2 4 1 455 1 3 860 0 8 265 0 2Mayenne 47 146 25 9 55 945 30 7 26 930 14 8 15 136 8 3 25 118 13 8 3 864 2 1 3 897 2 1 2 392 1 3 1 415 0 8 428 0 2Meurthe et Moselle 108 870 27 9 94 415 24 2 82 538 21 2 47 042 12 1 33 871 8 7 7 058 1 8 7 447 1 9 4 988 1 3 2 582 0 7 1 092 0 3Meuse 26 313 23 4 29 863 26 6 29 038 25 8 9 951 8 8 10 375 9 2 1 794 1 6 2 299 2 0 1 688 1 5 789 0 7 344 0 3Morbihan 130 453 28 3 129 838 28 2 71 715 15 6 47 220 10 2 50 050 10 9 12 948 2 8 8 548 1 9 6 300 1 4 2 818 0 6 1 268 0 3Moselle 140 323 24 5 148 328 25 9 141 477 24 7 54 455 9 5 53 160 9 3 9 875 1 7 10 658 1 9 7 924 1 4 4 350 0 8 1 522 0 3Nievre 42 631 32 6 29 400 22 5 25 565 19 6 15 601 11 9 9 746 7 5 2 143 1 6 2 563 2 0 1 675 1 3 934 0 7 338 0 3Nord 383 471 28 0 338 714 24 7 300 362 21 9 173 037 12 6 102 511 7 5 23 976 1 7 21 160 1 5 15 138 1 1 9 545 0 7 3 185 0 2Oise 108 574 24 9 115 926 26 6 109 339 25 1 44 057 10 1 33 160 7 6 6 598 1 5 8 505 2 0 5 338 1 2 3 391 0 8 1 081 0 2Orne 42 159 24 3 51 498 29 6 34 757 20 0 15 501 8 9 18 326 10 5 3 109 1 8 4 173 2 4 2 515 1 4 1 294 0 7 422 0 2Pas de Calais 249 971 29 4 185 632 21 9 216 753 25 5 97 974 11 5 54 354 6 4 10 315 1 2 14 122 1 7 10 948 1 3 7 246 0 9 1 824 0 2Puy de Dome 122 244 33 1 79 124 21 4 57 555 15 6 51 691 14 0 36 771 10 0 7 549 2 0 6 555 1 8 4 595 1 2 2 372 0 6 988 0 3Pyrenees Atlantiques 117 823 29 9 92 967 23 6 47 844 12 2 46 749 11 9 61 681 15 7 11 345 2 9 5 728 1 5 6 812 1 7 1 826 0 5 882 0 2Hautes Pyrenees 47 983 33 2 29 512 20 4 21 580 14 9 21 934 15 2 15 265 10 5 3 007 2 1 2 376 1 6 1 967 1 4 780 0 5 300 0 2Pyrenees Orientales 68 593 26 0 66 870 25 3 64 007 24 2 33 739 12 8 16 608 6 3 5 564 2 1 3 652 1 4 3 265 1 2 1 305 0 5 591 0 2Bas Rhin 114 702 19 6 196 968 33 6 124 264 21 2 42 302 7 2 69 940 11 9 16 188 2 8 10 141 1 7 5 993 1 0 3 779 0 6 1 655 0 3Haut Rhin 76 580 18 9 129 349 31 9 94 988 23 4 30 076 7 4 46 176 11 4 10 980 2 7 8 508 2 1 4 824 1 2 2 608 0 6 1 322 0 3Rhone 237 779 26 9 271 922 30 8 133 322 15 1 94 876 10 7 91 042 10 3 25 611 2 9 15 203 1 7 7 412 0 8 4 220 0 5 2 264 0 3Haute Saone 38 661 26 4 36 967 25 2 36 807 25 1 14 125 9 6 11 147 7 6 2 315 1 6 2 982 2 0 1 999 1 4 1 126 0 8 407 0 3Saone et Loire 93 198 28 7 84 499 26 0 65 054 20 0 34 548 10 6 28 683 8 8 5 435 1 7 6 588 2 0 3 971 1 2 2 048 0 6 802 0 2Sarthe 91 722 28 1 86 174 26 4 62 516 19 2 35 143 10 8 29 802 9 1 6 153 1 9 7 012 2 2 4 379 1 3 2 452 0 8 749 0 2Savoie 57 469 23 6 69 544 28 6 45 993 18 9 27 875 11 5 24 034 9 9 8 313 3 4 5 120 2 1 2 890 1 2 1 213 0 5 664 0 3Haute Savoie 82 482 20 5 136 946 34 1 66 583 16 6 37 117 9 2 47 547 11 8 14 446 3 6 9 345 2 3 4 514 1 1 1 793 0 4 1 242 0 3Paris 345 635 34 8 319 482 32 2 61 503 6 2 110 101 11 1 92 664 9 3 41 495 4 2 9 959 1 0 6 644 0 7 2 719 0 3 2 272 0 2Seine Maritime 204 448 29 4 174 024 25 0 131 416 18 9 91 759 13 2 54 446 7 8 11 356 1 6 12 445 1 8 8 918 1 3 4 918 0 7 1 671 0 2Seine et Marne 178 537 27 6 176 116 27 3 126 889 19 6 71 097 11 0 55 187 8 5 12 684 2 0 14 055 2 2 6 584 1 0 2 995 0 5 1 654 0 3Yvelines 196 485 27 3 246 328 34 2 89 491 12 4 65 520 9 1 80 848 11 2 17 974 2 5 12 434 1 7 5 720 0 8 2 505 0 3 2 008 0 3Deux Sevres 73 911 33 3 55 462 25 0 30 077 13 6 22 709 10 2 24 395 11 0 4 480 2 0 4 952 2 2 3 550 1 6 1 612 0 7 567 0 3Somme 93 379 28 4 78 680 23 9 78 250 23 8 36 213 11 0 24 066 7 3 4 031 1 2 6 653 2 0 4 222 1 3 2 917 0 9 726 0 2Tarn 72 647 30 7 55 099 23 3 44 806 18 9 28 800 12 2 21 724 9 2 5 064 2 1 3 850 1 6 2 962 1 3 1 212 0 5 550 0 2Tarn et Garonne 40 297 27 6 36 666 25 1 32 228 22 1 16 313 11 2 12 075 8 3 2 867 2 0 2 564 1 8 1 769 1 2 698 0 5 367 0 3Var 118 023 19 6 209 233 34 8 149 187 24 8 54 553 9 1 40 004 6 7 11 334 1 9 9 809 1 6 5 239 0 9 2 094 0 3 1 254 0 2Vaucluse 69 878 22 3 85 898 27 5 84 585 27 0 34 879 11 1 21 070 6 7 7 062 2 3 4 679 1 5 2 981 1 0 1 207 0 4 650 0 2Vendee 101 079 24 8 133 985 32 9 61 859 15 2 34 471 8 5 49 402 12 1 7 652 1 9 9 486 2 3 5 893 1 4 2 584 0 6 973 0 2Vienne 78 591 32 0 60 188 24 5 40 321 16 4 27 037 11 0 23 565 9 6 5 335 2 2 5 038 2 1 3 321 1 4 1 741 0 7 553 0 2Haute Vienne 78 249 35 9 43 225 19 8 35 821 16 4 31 304 14 4 17 189 7 9 3 925 1 8 3 634 1 7 2 641 1 2 1 435 0 7 516 0 2Vosges 56 495 24 7 57 964 25 3 55 339 24 2 22 162 9 7 21 516 9 4 4 026 1 8 5 450 2 4 3 573 1 6 1 716 0 7 661 0 3Yonne 46 667 24 0 53 719 27 6 46 057 23 7 19 540 10 0 16 472 8 5 3 426 1 8 4 310 2 2 2 477 1 3 1 324 0 7 484 0 2Territoire de Belfort 19 484 26 0 17 891 23 9 17 786 23 7 8 547 11 4 6 630 8 8 1 516 2 0 1 343 1 8 988 1 3 523 0 7 215 0 3Essonne 181 506 30 4 152 079 25 5 90 760 15 2 73 240 12 3 55 738 9 3 14 027 2 3 20 392 3 4 5 591 0 9 2 462 0 4 1 456 0 2Hauts de Seine 221 233 30 2 256 570 35 0 62 447 8 5 75 911 10 3 78 397 10 7 20 086 2 7 9 851 1 3 5 031 0 7 2 187 0 3 1 939 0 3Seine Saint Denis 206 537 38 7 104 010 19 5 72 335 13 5 90 710 17 0 32 661 6 1 11 781 2 2 6 978 1 3 4 936 0 9 2 708 0 5 1 259 0 2Val de Marne 192 781 32 9 155 552 26 6 69 399 11 9 81 950 14 0 51 892 8 9 15 392 2 6 9 735 1 7 4 946 0 8 2 217 0 4 1 498 0 3Val d Oise 172 658 32 4 139 863 26 3 83 102 15 6 63 679 12 0 44 683 8 4 10 907 2 0 9 049 1 7 5 109 1 0 2 340 0 4 1 325 0 2French Guiana 15 943 42 6 10 174 27 2 3 920 10 5 2 952 7 9 2 329 6 2 843 2 3 416 1 1 479 1 3 208 0 6 148 0 4French Polynesia 29 130 32 4 40 611 45 2 5 151 5 7 2 492 2 8 5 139 5 7 3 392 3 8 2 484 2 8 532 0 6 510 0 6 378 0 4Guadeloupe 82 735 57 0 33 973 23 4 7 486 5 2 7 806 5 4 6 861 4 7 2 134 1 5 1 237 0 9 1 151 0 8 1 335 0 9 441 0 3Martinique 76 034 52 0 38 443 26 3 6 960 4 8 8 600 5 9 8 681 5 9 2 275 1 6 1 563 1 1 1 712 1 2 1 442 1 0 560 0 4Mayotte 13 152 36 6 17 536 48 7 996 2 8 944 2 6 1 505 4 2 789 2 2 395 1 1 299 0 8 192 0 5 175 0 5New Caledonia 22 235 24 9 44 302 49 6 10 409 11 7 2 927 3 3 4 579 5 1 2 336 2 6 833 0 9 874 1 0 485 0 5 279 0 3Reunion 194 009 53 3 65 377 18 0 37 549 10 3 24 503 6 7 24 853 6 8 7 737 2 1 3 631 1 0 3 170 0 9 2 190 0 6 1 066 0 3Saint Martin Saint Barthelemy 2 151 26 8 3 504 43 6 975 12 1 473 5 9 473 5 9 208 2 6 92 1 1 85 1 1 44 0 5 28 0 3Saint Pierre and Miquelon 888 33 8 488 18 5 416 15 8 399 15 2 194 7 4 43 1 6 64 2 4 103 3 9 23 0 9 13 0 5Wallis and Futuna 3 093 48 3 2 414 37 7 152 2 4 76 1 2 410 6 4 100 1 6 43 0 7 42 0 7 48 0 7 29 0 5Total 10 272 705 28 63 9 753 629 27 18 6 421 426 17 90 3 984 822 11 10 3 275 122 9 13 828 345 2 31 643 907 1 79 411 160 1 15 202 548 0 56 89 545 0 25Source European Election Database Archived 24 June 2021 at the Wayback MachineResults by region Region FrancoisHollande NicolasSarkozy MarineLe Pen Jean LucMelenchon FrancoisBayrou EvaJoly NicolasDupont Aignan PhilippePoutou NathalieArthaud JacquesCheminadeVotes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Alsace 191 282 19 30 326 317 32 92 219 252 22 12 72 378 7 30 116 116 11 71 27 168 2 74 18 649 1 88 10 817 1 09 6 387 0 64 2 977 0 30Aquitaine 593 670 31 05 465 365 24 34 296 151 15 49 231 877 12 13 204 687 10 71 45 051 2 36 31 187 1 63 30 275 1 58 9 112 0 48 4 364 0 23Auvergne 251 981 30 77 192 190 23 47 139 768 17 07 104 710 12 79 81 777 9 99 15 356 1 88 15 274 1 87 10 328 1 26 5 508 0 67 2 007 0 25Brittany 628 441 31 74 508 072 25 66 262 095 13 24 217 929 11 36 224 902 11 01 58 396 2 95 35 587 1 80 26 693 1 35 12 593 0 64 5 085 0 26Burgundy 262 817 27 99 250 206 26 65 191 148 20 36 97 185 10 35 81 987 8 73 17 077 1 82 19 101 2 03 11 193 1 19 5 937 0 63 2 318 0 25Centre 385 169 26 64 403 460 27 90 280 096 19 37 151 971 10 51 137 172 9 49 26 314 1 82 30 609 2 12 17 609 1 22 9 827 0 68 3 752 0 26Champagne Ardenne 178 810 24 76 206 031 28 53 172 632 23 91 62 132 8 60 62 048 8 59 10 150 1 41 14 977 2 07 8 602 1 19 4 984 0 69 1 750 0 24Corsica 39 029 24 28 50 492 31 41 39 209 24 39 15 834 9 85 8 050 5 01 3 678 2 29 1 727 1 07 1 874 1 17 502 0 31 337 0 21Franche Comte 172 647 25 89 177 702 26 64 141 972 21 29 73 946 11 09 58 235 8 73 14 369 2 15 13 221 1 98 8 460 1 27 4 615 0 69 1 797 0 27Ile de France 1 695 372 31 75 1 550 000 29 02 655 926 12 28 632 208 11 84 492 070 9 21 144 346 2 70 92 453 1 73 44 561 0 83 20 133 0 38 13 411 0 25Languedoc Roussillon 408 664 26 34 384 097 24 76 363 880 23 45 204 170 13 16 105 433 6 80 35 465 2 29 22 228 1 43 17 072 1 10 7 027 0 45 3 482 0 22Limousin 171 766 38 02 94 211 20 85 69 256 15 33 57 883 12 81 34 489 7 63 7 449 1 65 7 713 1 71 5 378 1 19 2 651 0 59 988 0 22Lorraine 332 001 25 47 330 570 25 36 308 392 23 66 133 610 10 25 118 922 9 12 22 753 1 75 25 854 1 98 18 173 1 39 9 437 0 72 3 619 0 28Lower Normandy 242 705 27 54 249 477 28 31 150 810 17 11 88 064 9 99 93 160 10 57 17 279 1 96 19 336 2 19 12 031 1 37 6 141 0 70 2 312 0 26Midi Pyrenees 552 933 31 90 397 594 22 94 281 085 16 22 229 282 13 23 165 583 9 55 44 753 2 58 28 335 1 63 21 319 1 23 8 295 0 48 4 173 0 24Nord Pas de Calais 633 442 28 53 524 346 23 62 517 115 23 29 271 011 12 21 156 865 7 07 34 291 1 54 35 282 1 59 26 086 1 17 16 791 0 76 5 009 0 23Pays de la Loire 609 189 28 40 614 195 28 63 308 806 14 39 217 491 10 14 249 971 11 65 52 816 2 46 44 720 2 08 28 637 1 33 14 335 0 67 5 092 0 24Picardy 282 704 26 59 266 696 25 09 266 041 25 03 110 630 10 41 77 121 7 25 14 084 1 32 21 011 1 98 13 420 1 26 8 798 0 83 2 545 0 24Poitou Charentes 329 014 31 17 270 372 25 61 173 595 16 45 112 766 10 68 100 802 9 55 22 036 2 09 22 168 2 10 15 347 1 45 6 974 0 66 2 531 0 24Provence Alpes Cote d Azur 600 742 22 05 846 367 31 06 650 336 23 87 306 088 11 23 182 178 6 69 59 009 2 17 41 443 1 52 23 107 0 85 9 493 0 35 5 886 0 22Rhone Alpes 869 849 25 45 968 812 28 35 628 332 18 38 382 651 11 20 340 073 9 95 97 801 2 86 67 707 1 98 35 386 1 04 18 287 0 53 8 975 0 26Upper Normandy 286 912 27 86 266 934 25 92 207 520 20 15 126 331 12 27 82 590 8 02 16 900 1 64 19 519 1 90 13 502 1 31 7 107 0 69 2 561 0 25French Guiana 15 943 42 61 10 174 27 20 3 920 10 48 2 952 7 89 2 329 6 23 843 2 25 416 1 11 479 1 28 208 0 56 148 0 40French Polynesia 29 130 32 43 40 611 45 21 5 151 5 73 2 492 2 77 5 139 5 72 3 392 3 78 2 484 2 77 532 0 59 510 0 57 378 0 42Guadeloupe 82 735 57 00 33 973 23 40 7 486 5 16 7 806 5 38 6 861 4 73 2 134 1 47 1 237 0 85 1 151 0 79 1 335 0 92 441 0 30Martinique 76 034 51 98 38 443 26 28 6 960 4 76 8 600 5 88 8 681 5 93 2 275 1 56 1 563 1 07 1 712 1 17 1 442 0 99 560 0 38Mayotte 13 152 36 55 17 536 48 73 996 2 77 944 2 62 1 505 4 18 789 2 19 395 1 10 299 0 83 192 0 53 175 0 49New Caledonia 22 235 24 91 44 302 49 63 10 409 11 66 2 927 3 28 4 579 5 13 2 336 2 62 833 0 93 874 0 98 485 0 54 279 0 31Reunion 194 009 53 29 65 377 17 96 37 549 10 31 24 503 6 73 24 853 6 83 7 737 2 13 3 631 1 00 3 170 0 87 2 190 0 60 1 066 0 29Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin 2 151 26 78 3 504 43 62 975 12 14 473 5 89 473 5 89 208 2 59 92 1 15 85 1 06 44 0 55 28 0 35Saint Pierre and Miquelon 888 33 75 488 18 55 416 15 81 399 15 17 194 7 37 43 1 63 64 2 43 103 3 91 23 0 87 13 0 49Wallis and Futuna 3 093 48 28 2 414 37 68 152 2 37 76 1 19 410 6 40 100 1 56 43 0 67 42 0 66 48 0 75 29 0 45Total 10 272 705 28 63 9 753 629 27 18 6 421 426 17 90 3 984 822 11 10 3 275 122 9 13 828 345 2 31 643 907 1 79 411 160 1 15 202 548 0 56 89 545 0 25Source European Election Database Archived 24 June 2021 at the Wayback MachineSecond round Edit Second Round 2007 2012 Swing by Departement Swing 21 Sarkozy 2 4 Hollande 4 6 Hollande 6 8 Hollande 8 10 Hollande 10 12 Hollande 12 14 Hollande gt 14 HollandeTables Edit Results by department Department Francois Hollande Nicolas SarkozyVotes Votes Ain 131 365 42 78 175 706 57 22 Aisne 147 260 52 40 133 760 47 60 Allier 111 615 56 89 84 593 43 11 Alpes de Haute Provence 49 498 51 06 47 444 48 94 Hautes Alpes 42 624 50 91 41 098 49 09 Alpes Maritimes 203 708 35 77 365 813 64 23 Ardeche 101 526 53 45 88 429 46 55 Ardennes 75 630 51 89 70 119 48 11 Ariege 59 466 64 69 32 452 35 31 Aube 65 548 42 63 88 210 57 37 Aude 115 398 56 24 89 793 43 76 Aveyron 95 297 54 42 79 802 45 58 Bouches du Rhone 474 704 47 17 531 652 52 83 Calvados 205 525 53 11 181 423 46 89 Cantal 49 543 51 80 46 097 48 20 Charente 118 100 58 83 82 648 41 17 Charente Maritime 188 387 51 57 176 944 48 43 Cher 92 857 54 04 78 959 45 96 Correze 98 764 64 86 53 502 35 14 Corse du Sud 30 791 42 40 41 834 57 60 Haute Corse 39 357 45 59 46 965 54 41 Cote d Or 134 929 48 45 143 559 51 55 Cotes d Armor 217 604 59 19 150 035 40 81 Creuse 45 870 61 02 29 306 38 98 Dordogne 148 011 59 14 102 280 40 86 Doubs 134 568 48 09 145 269 51 91 Drome 134 959 49 18 139 436 50 82 Eure 151 327 47 55 166 949 52 45 Eure et Loir 105 676 46 53 121 452 53 47 Finistere 319 304 58 87 223 115 41 13 Gard 193 487 48 80 202 995 51 20 Haute Garonne 388 811 58 78 272 683 41 22 Gers 65 605 56 64 50 221 43 36 Gironde 448 634 56 61 343 866 43 39 Herault 296 422 51 31 281 240 48 69 Ille et Vilaine 309 763 55 71 246 303 44 29 Indre 73 616 55 66 58 643 44 34 Indre et Loire 165 293 51 23 157 374 48 77 Isere 331 448 52 12 304 429 47 88 Jura 72 321 49 42 74 004 50 58 Landes 134 872 56 99 101 792 43 01 Loir et Cher 89 182 47 57 98 275 52 43 Loire 196 522 50 50 192 621 49 50 Haute Loire 70 488 51 38 66 703 48 62 Loire Atlantique 419 484 56 35 324 893 43 65 Loiret 156 289 45 97 183 671 54 03 Lot 67 981 61 89 41 862 38 11 Lot et Garonne 96 766 51 35 91 663 48 65 Lozere 23 991 49 95 24 036 50 05 Maine et Loire 213 611 48 85 223 644 51 15 Manche 147 005 49 90 147 590 50 10 Marne 126 155 44 69 156 159 55 31 Haute Marne 46 965 45 57 56 085 54 43 Mayenne 81 922 46 93 92 647 53 07 Meurthe et Moselle 196 628 53 06 173 929 46 94 Meuse 48 860 46 20 56 898 53 80 Morbihan 229 248 51 73 213 893 48 27 Moselle 253 371 46 52 291 278 53 48 Nievre 73 424 58 81 51 421 41 19 Nord 692 273 52 88 616 882 47 12 Oise 195 701 47 34 217 732 52 66 Orne 77 579 47 11 87 087 52 89 Pas de Calais 450 103 56 18 351 015 43 82 Puy de Dome 212 750 60 46 139 145 39 54 Pyrenees Atlantiques 218 964 57 12 164 374 42 88 Hautes Pyrenees 86 803 62 47 52 154 37 53 Pyrenees Orientales 127 625 50 59 124 668 49 41 Bas Rhin 206 891 36 56 359 011 63 44 Haut Rhin 142 724 36 67 246 527 63 33 Rhone 408 899 47 98 443 370 52 02 Haute Saone 68 653 49 64 69 658 50 36 Saone et Loire 160 751 51 86 149 243 48 14 Sarthe 162 975 52 67 146 454 47 33 Savoie 108 691 47 07 122 228 52 93 Haute Savoie 154 622 39 90 232 928 60 10 Paris 560 461 55 60 447 500 44 40 Seine Maritime 366 616 54 94 300 657 45 06 Seine et Marne 315 566 49 25 325 147 50 75 Yvelines 333 057 45 70 395 697 54 30 Deux Sevres 122 858 57 31 91 527 42 69 Somme 170 529 54 41 142 894 45 59 Tarn 125 132 55 55 100 109 44 45 Tarn et Garonne 71 186 51 25 67 705 48 75 Var 217 383 37 36 364 467 62 64 Vaucluse 130 278 43 57 168 753 56 43 Vendee 173 717 44 41 217 449 55 59 Vienne 134 875 57 15 101 138 42 85 Haute Vienne 133 467 63 99 75 095 36 01 Vosges 105 371 49 06 109 404 50 94 Yonne 86 610 46 88 98 122 53 12 Territoire de Belfort 35 865 50 52 35 121 49 48 Essonne 317 663 53 43 276 859 46 57 Hauts de Seine 369 128 49 48 376 816 50 52 Seine Saint Denis 353 260 65 32 187 562 34 68 Val de Marne 333 347 56 48 256 900 43 52 Val d Oise 289 520 53 91 247 541 46 09 French Guiana 25 880 62 05 15 830 37 95 French Polynesia 50 097 46 74 57 080 53 26 Guadeloupe 123 821 71 94 48 292 28 06 Martinique 114 527 68 43 52 829 31 57 Mayotte 18 948 49 06 19 677 50 94 New Caledonia 36 239 36 97 61 772 63 03 Reunion 286 109 71 49 114 120 28 51 Saint Martin Saint Barthelemy 3 851 40 57 5 641 59 43 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2 080 65 31 1 105 34 69 Wallis and Futuna 3 795 56 06 2 974 43 94 Total 18 000 668 51 64 16 860 685 48 36 Source European Election Database Archived 24 June 2021 at the Wayback MachineResults by region Region Francois Hollande Nicolas SarkozyVotes Votes Alsace 349 615 36 60 605 538 63 40 Aquitaine 1 047 247 56 57 803 975 43 43 Auvergne 444 396 56 91 336 538 43 09 Brittany 1 075 919 56 35 833 346 43 65 Burgundy 455 714 50 74 442 345 49 26 Centre 682 913 49 44 698 374 50 56 Champagne Ardenne 314 298 45 89 370 573 54 11 Corsica 70 148 44 13 88 799 55 87 Franche Comte 311 407 49 01 324 052 50 99 Ile de France 2 872 002 53 32 2 514 022 46 68 Languedoc Roussillon 756 923 51 16 722 732 48 84 Limousin 278 101 63 78 157 903 36 22 Lorraine 604 230 48 90 631 509 51 10 Lower Normandy 430 109 50 83 416 100 49 17 Midi Pyrenees 960 281 57 94 696 988 42 06 Nord Pas de Calais 1 142 376 54 13 967 897 45 87 Pays de la Loire 1 051 709 51 13 1 005 087 48 87 Picardy 513 490 50 95 494 386 49 05 Poitou Charentes 564 220 55 51 452 257 44 49 Provence Alpes Cote d Azur 1 118 195 42 40 1 519 227 57 60 Rhone Alpes 1 568 032 47 99 1 699 147 52 01 Upper Normandy 517 943 52 55 467 606 47 45 Guadeloupe 123 821 62 05 15 830 37 95 Martinique 114 527 46 74 57 080 53 26 French Guiana 25 880 71 94 48 292 28 06 Reunion 286 109 68 43 52 829 31 57 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2 080 49 06 19 677 50 94 Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin 3 851 36 97 61 772 63 03 Mayotte 18 948 71 49 114 120 28 51 Wallis and Futuna 3 795 40 57 5 641 59 43 French Polynesia 50 097 65 31 1 105 34 69 New Caledonia 36 239 56 06 2 974 43 94 French overseas voters 206 053 46 94 232 964 53 06 Total 18 000 668 51 64 16 860 685 48 36 Source European Election Database Archived 24 June 2021 at the Wayback MachineReactions EditSarkozy called for UMP to stay together We must win the battle of the legislatives and said that in this new era I will remain one of you but my place will no longer be the same My engagement with the life of my country will now be different but time will never strain the bonds between us Hollande then spoke at a victory rally in Tulle where he said To those who haven t voted for me let them know that I hear them and that I will be president to all There is one France united in the same destiny We will never be apart how beautiful life is tonight He then travelled to Paris where supporters of the Socialist Party gathered outside the headquarters 55 He also said that Europe is watching us Austerity isn t inevitable My mission now is to give European construction a growth dimension 56 International Reactions Edit Andorra In electing the President of France French citizens had also elected one of the two heads of state of Andorra Prime Minister Antoni Marti congratulated Francois Hollande expressing his confidence both in the continuation of the excellent relationship between Andorra and France and in Hollande s awareness of the importance of his role as Co Prince of Andorra Jaume Bartumeu of Andorra s Social Democratic Party in opposition described Hollande s victory as the beginning of the resurgence of social democracy in Europe 57 58 Belgium Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo welcomed the election of his friend adding Francois Hollande s proposals on economic growth will have a positive impact for all Europeans and on European authorities 59 Denmark Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt congratulated Hollande for his win 60 Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel sent her congratulations to Hollande and said that she and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle agreed to discuss the kind of growth pact that Hollande has championed 60 Italy Prime Minister Mario Monti congratulated Francois Hollande saying he looked forward to a close collaboration within the European framework the aim of which would be an ever more efficient union with economic growth as its objective He added that the results of the French and Greek elections required thinking about European policies adding that in his view public spending should be concentrated on productive investments and avoid increasing debts 59 Spain Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy expressed congratulations saying he looked forward to fruitful bilateral and Europeans relations with the new president 59 United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron congratulated Francois Hollande and said he looked forward to the two countries maintaining their very close relationship Opposition Leader Ed Miliband applauded Hollande s determination to help create a Europe focused on growth and job creation in a responsible and sustainable manner We are in great need of this new direction as Europe seeks to escape from austerity I m impatient to work with him in the months and years to come 59 United States President Barack Obama congratulated Hollande for his victory and invited him to the White House 60 References Edit Ministere de l Interieur Election Presidentielle 2012 Resultats 2nd tour Guyane en taxi pirogue vers les bureaux de vote Liberation 22 April 2012 Retrieved 6 May 2012 de la Baume Maia 30 January 2012 In a Political Ritual Candidates Tour France in a Race for 500 Signatures The New York Times Retrieved 3 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