French presidential election, 2007

French presidential election, 2007

2002 ← 21–22 April and 5–6 May 2007 → 2012

Nominee Nicolas Sarkozy Ségolène Royal Party UMP PS Popular vote 18,983,138 16,790,440 Percentage 53.1% 46.9%

Results of the second round: the candidate with the majority of votes in each of the Departament (including overseas)   Nicolas Sarkozy   Ségolène Royal

President before election Jacques Chirac UMP Elected President Nicolas Sarkozy UMP

Jacques Chirac
UMP

Nicolas Sarkozy
UMP

The 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France (and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra) for a five-year term.

The winner, decided on 5 and 6 May 2007, was Nicolas Sarkozy. The first round of voting took place on Saturday, 21 April 2007 (French territories in the Americas and the Eastern Pacific) and Sunday, 22 April 2007 (French territories in the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Metropolitan France). As no candidate obtained a majority (50 percent plus one), a second round between the two leading candidates, Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal, took place on Saturday, 5 May and Sunday, 6 May 2007.