Opinion polling for the French presidential election, 2017

This page lists public opinion polls in connection with the 2017 French presidential election, which was held on 23 April 2017 with a run-off on 7 May 2017.

Unless otherwise noted, all polls listed below are compliant with the regulations of the national polling commission (Commission nationale des sondages) and utilize the quota method.

After the first round of the 2002 presidential election, in which opinion polls failed to anticipate Jean-Marie Le Pen advancing to the second round, the French polling commission (Commission nationale des sondages) recommended that pollsters not publish second-round surveys before the results of the first round. However, understanding that polling institutes would nevertheless be likely to do so, it also recommended that second-round scenarios be tested based on first-round polling, and to test several plausible scenarios, broadly construed.

The averages in the graphs below were constructed using polls listed below conducted by the eight major French pollsters. The graphs, updated daily with the release of new polls, are 14-day weighted moving averages, using only the most recent poll conducted by any given pollster within that range (each poll weighted based on recency).

The publication of second-round polls was prohibited in France after midnight on 5 May.

The polls listed below include candidates who decided not to run, failed to secure their party's nomination, or did not advance past the first round of the election.

The averages in the graphs below were constructed using polls containing the candidates listed below conducted by the eight major French pollsters, depending on whether they included the potential candidacy of François Bayrou of the Democratic Movement (MoDem). Bayrou renounced his candidacy on 22 February 2017 and instead proposed an alliance with Emmanuel Macron, which he accepted.Yannick Jadot of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) announced that he would withdraw his candidacy and endorsed Benoît Hamon on 23 February after negotiating a common platform with the Socialist nominee; the agreement was approved by the EELV primary voters on 26 February. The graphs, updated daily with the release of new polls, are smoothed 14-day weighted moving averages, using only the most recent poll conducted by any given pollster within that range (each poll weighted based on recency).

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