2007 French presidential election

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The 2007 French presidential election was a major national vote that led to Nicolas Sarkozy’s victory over Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal, marking a significant shift in France’s political landscape.

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instanceOf French national election ⓘ
presidential election ⓘ
campaignMainIssues European integration ⓘ
economic reform ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
law and order ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
centristCandidate François Bayrou ⓘ
centristPartyCandidate François Bayrou ⓘ
constitutionalContext French Fifth Republic ⓘ
country France ⓘ
electedPresident Nicolas Sarkozy ⓘ
electedPresidentTermNumber one ⓘ
electionType direct popular vote ⓘ
electoralSystem two-round system ⓘ
endDate 2007-05-06 ⓘ
farLeftCandidate Arlette Laguiller ⓘ
Marie-George Buffet ⓘ
Olivier Besancenot ⓘ
farRightCandidate Jean-Marie Le Pen ⓘ
firstRoundDate 2007-04-22 ⓘ
firstRoundFourthPlaceCandidate Jean-Marie Le Pen ⓘ
firstRoundLeadingCandidate Nicolas Sarkozy ⓘ
firstRoundSecondPlaceCandidate Ségolène Royal ⓘ
firstRoundThirdPlaceCandidate François Bayrou ⓘ
greenCandidate Dominique Voynet ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection Jacques Chirac ⓘ
location France ⓘ
mainLeftWingCandidate Ségolène Royal ⓘ
mainRightWingCandidate Nicolas Sarkozy ⓘ
nextElection 2012 French presidential election ⓘ
notableFeature first French presidential election in which an incumbent president did not seek re-election since the introduction of direct universal suffrage in 1965 ⓘ
first time a woman reached the second round of a French presidential election ⓘ
high voter turnout ⓘ
officeContested President of France ⓘ
previousElection 2002 French presidential election ⓘ
resultPoliticalImpact defeat of the Socialist Party in a presidential race after two consecutive Chirac terms ⓘ
resultPoliticalImpact strengthening of the French right ⓘ
resultSecondRoundVoteShareRunnerUp about 46.9% ⓘ
resultSecondRoundVoteShareWinner about 53.1% ⓘ
runnerUp Ségolène Royal ⓘ
runnerUpParty Socialist Party (France) ⓘ
secondRoundCandidate Nicolas Sarkozy ⓘ
Ségolène Royal ⓘ
secondRoundDate 2007-05-06 ⓘ
sovereigntistCandidate Nicolas Dupont-Aignan ⓘ
Philippe de Villiers ⓘ
startDate 2007-04-22 ⓘ
turnoutFirstRound over 83% of registered voters ⓘ
turnoutSecondRound approximately 84% of registered voters ⓘ
winner Nicolas Sarkozy ⓘ
winningParty Union for a Popular Movement ⓘ

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Ségolène Royal → candidateIn → 2007 French presidential election ⓘ
Marie-George Buffet → candidateIn → 2007 French presidential election ⓘ
François Bayrou → candidateInElection → French presidential election, 2007 ⓘ
linked to: 2007 French presidential election
French presidential election, 2012 → previousElection → French presidential election, 2007 ⓘ
linked to: 2007 French presidential election