‹ 2012  2022 ›
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| French presidential election, 2017 | ||||
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| 21–22 April and 5–6 May 2012 | ||||
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| Nominee | Nicholas Sarkozy | François Hollande | ||
| Party | UMP | PS | ||
| Popular vote | 15,321,548 | 14,789,052 | ||
| Percentage | 51.4% | 48.6% | ||
President before election
François Hollande PS
President-elect
Nicholas Sarkozy UMP | ||||
The 2017 French presidential election was 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. Incumbent President, François Hollande, was defeated for re-election by former President, Nicholas Sarkozy.
No candidate reached the fifty-one percent needed to win the election on the first round. Therefore, a runoff was held between the two top scoring candidates, Sarkozy, and Hollande.
Sarkozy was the first President in French history to have been defeated for re-election, and return in another election to sucessfully regain the presidency.