French presidential election, 2007
In the French 2007 presidential election good 44 million eligible to vote Frenchmen determined the successor of President Jacques Chirac. Chirac had declared on 11 March 2007 that he would not run again. The first round was on 22 April, in overseas territories partly already on 21 April 2007 carried out. The runoff between Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy took place on 6 May 2007. From her Nicolas Sarkozy emerged as the winner.
- 3.1 Official final result
- 3.2 turnout
- 3.3 campaign history before the runoff 3.3.1 Views on the ballot
Candidates
The list of twelve officially approved candidates was published on 20 March 2007. Previously, more than 40 politicians and other candidates had announced their willingness to stand in the presidential election. For approval, each applicant was required to dial 500 sponsorships of elected representatives from all over France. Since the primary election of the members of the Socialist Party (PS), the former environment minister Ségolène Royal was made as a candidate of the PS. She sat down on 17 November 2006 against Laurent Fabius and Dominique Strauss -Kahn by. As a candidate of the conservative UMP party President Nicolas Sarkozy in mid-January was almost unanimously nominated unopposed by the UMP members. For the liberal center party UDF party leader François Bayrou came on. For the extreme-right Front National party leader is applied again Jean- Marie Le Pen
- The four main candidates
- Nicolas Sarkozy UMP
- François Bayrou UDF
- Ségolène Royal PS
- Jean -Marie Le Pen FN
Other candidates were:
- Olivier Besancenot, begun in 2002, Speaker of the Revolutionary Communist League ( " Revolutionary Communist League ," Trotskyists )
- José Bové, no party left peasant leaders and critics of globalization
- Marie- George Buffet, the Parti Communiste party leader français ( " Communist Party ", communists )
- Arlette Laguiller, since 1974 continuously candidate of the Workers Struggle ( "Workers' Struggle", Trotskyists )
- Frédéric Nihous, CPNT - Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions, ("The Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition ," conservative- traditional)
- Gérard Schivardi, party affiliation, nominated and supported by the Parti des travailleurs ( " party of the working " Trotskyists )
- Philippe de Villiers, already in 1995 begun, leader of the Mouvement pour la France ( "Movement for France," National Conservative )
- Dominique Voynet, begun in 1995, former Minister of the Environment ( "The Greens " Les Verts )
- Candidates of smaller parties
- Olivier Besancenot
- José Bové
- Marie- George Buffet
- Arlette Laguiller
- Frédéric Nihous
- Gérard Schivardi
- Philippe de Villiers
- Dominique Voynet
First ballot
Official final result
After announced by the French Ministry official results of the first round Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal came in the runoff, two weeks later, took place on 6 May 2007.
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Ségolène Royal
- François Bayrou
Poll
The test carried out on 22 April 2007 first ballot recorded the third highest turnout in the history of the Fifth Republic with 83.78 % of registered on the electoral lists people. This is mainly due to the widespread dismay after the first round of the presidential election in 2002. At that time the right-wing extremist Jean -Marie Le Pen unexpectedly was the second strongest candidate - against the Socialist Lionel Jospin (PS ) - and competed in the runoff against Jacques Chirac. The April 21, 2002, the date of the first round, ever since then, as a turning point in French politics. As a result, the runoff Chirac in 2002 reached 82.2 %, a dream result, as well as the sympathizers of the left spectrum perforce had to choose him to prevent Le Pen as president.
Second round ( runoff )
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Ségolène Royal
Official final result
As the winner of the second round showed the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy.
Poll
In the runoff between Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy, the turnout was, according to the French Ministry of the Interior at 12 clock at 34.11 %, which is three percentage points higher than in the first ballot. A at this time so there was high turnout with 35.62 % last at the 1974 runoff between Valéry Giscard d' Estaing and François Mitterrand. At 17 clock 75.11 % of eligible voters cast their votes. After the polls closed was a turnout of 83.97 per cent in total, the highest level in more than 40 years, found.
Campaign history before the runoff
One of the private TV station Canal planned debate between Royal and after the first presidential ballot -ranking third in liberal- conservative Bayrou was shortly canceled by the transmitter under lump sum reference to " legal problems " because there was a provision for the French television channel, after which both in the runoff presidential candidates antretenden same transmit and speaking time are entitled. Then Bayrou attacked in an interview with the French radio station RTL Sarkozy, have this pressure on Canal exercised to prevent the transfer. The accusation was publicly denied by Sarkozy.
Finally, the discussion between Royal and Bayrou was organized in a hotel in Paris and broadcast live on 28 April 2007 from 11:00 to 12.30 clock clock by the private news channel BFM TV. The station had previously announced the arrangements for the debate were discussed with the French media regulator CSA. In this discussion Royal and Bayrou reaffirmed in reference to Sarkozy that such exchanges of views must be understood in a democracy. In addition, Bayrou was careful to clearly define the boundaries of the program content Royals, which in turn endeavored to win over voters Bayrou for themselves.
On May 2, 2007, of approximately 23 million television viewers watched live TV debate between Royal and Sarkozy by broadcasters TF1 and France 2 aired at 20:30 clock in prime time. The French press judged the television debate in the result rather than a draw, while according to a survey carried out on behalf of the conservative -oriented French daily newspaper Le Figaro poll of the French Institute Opinionway the majority of viewers Sarkozy as " convincing " einschätzte.
The day after the TV debate between the two finalists Royal and Bayrou Sarkozy had publicly announced he would choose on May 6, 2007 does not Sarkozy. This statement is a de facto support for Royal, corresponds to estimates in " well-informed circles " that Bayrou good chances would have calculated for the case of the choice of Royal to the French State President to be French President in the next presidential election in five years, as the hitherto achieved France's economic strength will be the touchstone for the selected on May 6, 2007 Nation head of France.
Calls for ballot
The precipitated in the first ballot candidate Besancenot, Buffet, Voynet, Laguiller and Bove have called their voters for the ballot to vote for Ségolène Royal, during the National Conservative de Villiers after a brief hesitation recommending the election of Sarkozy.
The result of the high number of 6.8 million voters in the first round considered to be particularly important choice recommendation of the UDF leading candidate Bayrou came. Bayrou said on Wednesday after the election to the press that he could not support, Ségolène Royal, Nicolas Sarkozy. Therefore, he wanted to release his voters the decision completely. After his personal voice asked, he said: " I still do not know what I'll do. I'm starting to know what I will not do. " Based on Nicolas Sarkozy expressed Bayrou, he opposes the way, as the candidate of the UMP strive for power, as" very closed, very numb, very disturbing, threatening " from. The causes of his differences with Ségolène Royal subject, however, in their economic program and the way how these let believe the French, " the state can do everything for its citizens ." A few days before the runoff election he declared that he would " choose not Sarkozy ". Whether he abstained from the vote or will vote for Royal, he left open.
Jean -Marie Le Pen called for on the May Day rally of the FN for a boycott or to abstain for the runoff.