(BUTTON) 🏠 (BUTTON) Wikipedia (BUTTON) 🎲 2022 French presidential election -- 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! (LREM), who won the 2017 presidential election and whose term lasts until 13 May 2022. -- -- lasts until 13 May 2022. CAPTION: 2022 French presidential election __________________________________________________________________ -- -- 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 -- -- 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 -- -- 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] -- -- * Jean-Luc Mélenchon, member of the National Assembly for Bouches-du-Rhône's 4th constituency since 2017 and candidate in the 2012 and 2017 presidential elections[5] * François Ruffin, member of the National Assembly for Somme's 1st constituency since 2017, journalist and documentary filmmaker[6][7] -- -- * Benoît Hamon, regional councillor of Île-de-France since 2015, Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research in 2014 and candidate in the 2017 presidential election with the Socialist Party[8] -- -- * Jean Lassalle (declared), member of the National Assembly for Pyrénées-Atlantiques's 4th constituency since 2002, candidate in the 2017 presidential election[16] The Republicans-Soyons Libres ! -- -- The Republicans-Soyons Libres ! See also: 2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election * François Baroin, Mayor of Troyes since 1995, Senator for Aube from 2014 to 2017 and member of the National Assembly for Aube's 3rd -- -- Council of Pays de la Loire from 2015 to 2017[24] Following the 2017 presidential election, The Republicans (LR) sent its members a questionnaire on the topic of the "refoundation" of the party; of the 40,000 respondents, 70% voted against an open primary to -- -- * Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, president of Debout la France, member of the National Assembly for Essonne's 8th constituency and candidate in the 2012 and 2017 presidential elections[26] National Rally -- -- of the National Assembly for Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency since 2017, regional councillor of Hauts-de-France since 2016 and candidate in the 2012 and 2017 presidential elections[27][28] * Marion Maréchal, member of the National Assembly for Vaucluse's 3rd constituency from 2012 to 2017 and regional councillor of -- -- * François Asselineau, president of the Popular Republican Union since 2007 and candidate in the 2017 presidential election[30] Others -- -- from 2017 to 2018 and candidate in the 2011 ecologist primary[31] * Ségolène Royal, Minister of Ecology from 2014 to 2017 and candidate in the 2007 presidential election with the Socialist Party[32] * Éric Zemmour, essayist and journalist[33] * Thierry Paul Valette (declared), journalist in Mediapart[34][35] -- -- * Jacques Cheminade, candidate of Solidarity and Progress (S&P) in the 1995, 2012, and 2017 presidential elections[36] * Cécile Duflot, Minister of Housing and Territorial Equality from 2012 to 2014 and national secretary of Europe Ecology – The Greens -- -- (EELV) from 2010 to 2012[37] * François Fillon, prime minister from 2007 to 2012 and candidate of The Republicans (LR) in the 2017 presidential election[38] * Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economy and Finance since 2017 and candidate in the 2016 primary of the right and centre[39] -- -- candidate in the 2016 primary of the right and centre[39] * Philippe Poutou, candidate of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) in the 2012 and 2017 presidential elections[40] * Nicolas Sarkozy, president of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012 and candidate in the 2016 primary of the right and centre[41] -- -- Ifop 13–18 Oct 2017 1,908 – 1% 1.5% – 18% 7% – – – 28% – 15% – – – – 5% 21.5% 1% 1.5% 0.5% 2017 election 23 Apr 2017 – 22.23% 0.64% 1.09% – 19.58% 6.36% – – – 24.01% – 20.01% – – – – 4.70% 21.30% 0.92% 1.21% 0.18% -- -- Ifop-Fiducial 27–28 May 2019 927 – 57% 43% Ifop 1–2 Feb 2019 912 – 56% 44% 2017 election 7 May 2017 – 25.44% 66.10% 33.90% References -- -- 1. 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