Emmanuel Macron (En Marche!) completed his extraordinary journey from socialist economy minister to independent centrist President on Sunday, strolling into the Elysée Palace with almost two-thirds of the vote in the second round run-off against the National Front’s Marine Le Pen. It was a victory anticipated universally by commentators and the opinion polls, which managed […]
Tag: France Presidential 2017
Election result: French Presidency, first round
With the addition of ballots from French citizens overseas, the final results have now been released nearly a day after the nation finished voting in the most unusual first round Presidential contest seen in the 58 year life of the Fifth Republic. The result – the qualification of centrist Emmanuel Macron and right-wing populist Marine […]
Final French Presidential polls before Sunday’s first round vote
Ahead of the legal ban on opinion polls that comes into force at midnight tonight, six of France’s eight pollsters have issued their final research today. Only one of the six – Odoxa’s survey – had fieldwork entirely carried out after the terrorist attack in Paris on the night of Thursday 20 April, the same […]
Fillon within one point of the lead
With just six days to go until the first round of French Presidential elections, polls are coming thick and fast. Of today’s three surveys, the lunchtime daily ‘rolling’ from Opinionway has inevitably attracted the most attention – as it shows Francois Fillon within one point of the leaders, Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron, who […]
Tension rises as French poll gaps narrow
A week ago the indications were clearly present that France was moving towards a serious four-way contest in the Presidential first round. That has been richly confirmed in the seven days since, with the gap between the leading four candidates narrowing further – it stands at between three and seven points across this week’s 16 […]
Mélenchon moves into third place in France
Following yesterday’s BVA poll showing him level with Les Républicains’ Francois Fillon, left-winger Jean-Luc Mélenchon (France Insoumise) has moved into third place tonight in Kantar Sofres Onepoint’s poll. He heads Fillon by 18 to 17 per cent on first round Presidential voting intentions in this survey, carried out for Le Figaro, LCI and RTL. Mélenchon […]