First round (ballot of 22 April 2012) of the French presidential election of 22 April and 6 May 2012 Candidate Political movement Score in Rodez[53] National score[54] Notes François Hollande Socialist Party 32.32% 28.63% Qualified for the second round Nicolas Sarkozy Union for a Popular Movement 26.71% 27.18% Qualified for the second round François Bayrou Democratic Movement 12.50% 9.13% Jean-Luc Mélenchon Left Front 11.55% 11.10% Marine Le Pen National Front 10.86% 17.90% Eva Joly Europe Ecology – The Greens 2.93% 2.31% Nicolas Dupont-Aignan France Arise 1.59% 1.79% Philippe Poutou New Anticapitalist Party 0.95% 1.15% Nathalie Arthaud Lutte Ouvrière 0.39% 0.56% Jacques Cheminade Solidarité et progrès [fr] 0.20% 0.25%