- The French are called to the polls to elect their next president and choose, as in 2017, between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. The outgoing president will vote on Sunday in Le Touquet while the candidate of the National Rally is expected in Pas-de-Calais, in his stronghold of Hénin-Beaumont.
- While some overseas territories and French people living abroad began voting on Saturday, polling stations opened at 8 a.m. in mainland France. They will close at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. in major cities. With the three school zones in the country on school holidays, abstention could be the great arbiter of the second round of the presidential election.
- No vaccination or health pass or certificate of recovery are required at the entrance to the polling stations. Without being compulsory, wearing a mask remains recommended, especially for fragile people, symptomatic people (or people with Covid) and contact cases.
09:19 – Richard Ferrand voted in Finistère
Richard Ferrand, the president of the National Assembly, voted in Motreff, in Finistère, shortly after 9 a.m. on Sunday.
09:08 – Valérie Pécresse voted in Vélizy-Villacoublay
Valérie Pécresse voted in Vélizy-Villacoublay, Sunday at 9 a.m. After Anne Hidalgo, the president of the Île-de-France region is the second defeated candidate in the first round to go to the voting booth in this second round.
08:53 – Anne Hidalgo voted in Paris
Former PS candidate in the first round of the presidential election, Anne Hidalgo voted in Paris in the morning. The mayor of the capital went to a polling station in the 15th arrondissement. She is the first candidate defeated on April 10 to slip her ballot into the ballot box this Sunday.
08:38 – Participation in New Caledonia
Turnout at 5 p.m. in New Caledonia was 34.87%, barely one point more than on April 10. In 2017, at the same time, this rate was 45.44%. Abstention was over 66% in the first round.
08:21 – Édouard Philippe voted in Le Havre
Edouard Philippe, former Prime Minister, voted in his city of Le Havre shortly after the opening of his polling station. He is the very first political figure to go to the voting booth on this election Sunday.
08:14 – Guyana, Martinique, Guadeloupe… The first participation rates
Turnout rose to 37.55% in Guyana at 5 p.m. in the second round of the presidential election. In Guadeloupe, this rate is 38.85%, while in Martinique it is 42.36% (41.02% in 2017).
08:03 – Abstention, this great unknown
With the three school zones in the country on school holidays, abstention could be the great arbiter of the second round of the presidential election. The turnout at noon will give a first indication of the mobilization of the 48.7 million voters called to the polls to decide on a capital ballot. In the first round, it rose to 26.31%, a level not seen since the 2002 election.
> Find the chronicle of Sophie Coignard – Eyes wide closed in the face of abstention
07:40 – Macron advantage in the latest polls
The latest polls published Friday evening, before the entry into force of the electoral reserve period, give Emmanuel Macron the favorite beyond the margin of error. But very far from his 2017 score: after a meteoric rise, the outgoing president had beaten his rival by 66.1% of the vote against 33.9% to become, at 39, the youngest president of the V Republic.
> Find Marc Vignaud’s analysis: Vote Macron: are seniors masos?
07:22 – Election issues
The French are faced with a historic choice: to renew the outgoing president, which has never been done without cohabitation since the adoption of direct universal suffrage in 1962 and the election of General de Gaulle, three years later. later, or elect a woman, which would be a first, and thus propel the far right to the Elysée.
07:07 – Polling stations open at 8 a.m.
While some overseas territories and French people living abroad began voting on Saturday, polling stations open at 8 a.m. in mainland France. They will close at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. in major cities. In Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, which voted on Saturday, turnout stood at 57%, down from 54.96% in the first round. The turnout at noon will give a first indication of the mobilization of the 48.7 million voters called to the polls to decide on a capital ballot. Some 48.7 million voters are called upon to vote, as part of a duel between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen.
> The article to read by Jérôme Cordelier: Presidential 2022: the tour of France of hot spots