What is 2012 French presidential election?
The '''2012 French presidential election''' was a [[President of France|presidential]] [[election]] in [[France]] that took place on 22 April 2012 and 5–6 May 2012. The incumbent president, [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], ran for a second term. The main candidates were [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] from the [[Union for a Popular Movement]], [[François Hollande]] from the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]], [[Marine Le Pen]] from the [[National Front (France)|National Front]], [[Jean-Luc Mélenchon]] from the [[Left Front (France)|Left Front]], [[François Bayrou]] from the [[Democratic Movement (France)|Democratic Movement]], [[Eva Joly]] from [[Europe Ecology – The Greens|The Greens]], [[Nicolas Dupont-Aignan]] from [[Debout la France]], [[Philippe Poutou]] from the [[New Anticapitalist Party]], [[Nathalie Arthaud]] from [[Lutte Ouvrière]] and [[Jacques Cheminade]] from Solidarity and Progress. On 22 April 2012, [[François Hollande]] won 29% of the vote with [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] winning 27%. Both candidates advanced to the second round of the election, which Hollande later won with 52% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/world/europe/hollande-and-sarkozy-in-crucial-runoff-in-france.html |title=Hollande Ousts Sarkozy in French Presidential Election |publisher=The New York Times |access-date=7 May 2017 |date=6 May 2012}}</ref> == Results == [[File:2012 French presidential election - First round - Majority vote (Metropolitan France, communes).svg|thumb|200px|right|Results by [[Communes of France|commune]] for the 1st round of French presidential elections, 2012.{{legend|#FFA6A6|François Hollande}}{{legend|#4E92D9|Nicolas Sarkozy}}{{legend|#404040|Marine Le Pen}}{{legend|#DD0000|Jean-Luc Mélenchon}}{{legend|#FF9900|François Bayrou}}{{legend|#00C000|Eva Joly}}{{legend|#8040C0|Nicolas Dupont-Aignan}}{{legend|#B9B9B9|''Tie''}}]] [[File:2012 French presidential election - Second round - Majority vote (Metropolitan France, communes).svg|thumb|200px|right|Results by commune for the 2nd round of French