What is 2002 French presidential election?
The '''2002 French presidential election''' was a [[President of France|presidential]] [[election]] in [[France]] that took place on 21 April and 5 May 2002. The incumbent president, [[Jacques Chirac]], decided to run for a second term. On 21 April 2002, [[Jacques Chirac]] from the [[Rally for the Republic]] won 19.9% of the vote and [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] from the [[National Front (France)|National Front]] won 16.9% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/22/thefarright.france|title=Le Pen vote shocks France |date=22 April 2002 |access-date=8 May 2017 |publisher=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/04/21/france.election/?related |title= Le Pen upset causes major shock |date=21 April 2002 |access-date=8 May 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Both candidates advanced to the second round of the election, which [[Jacques Chirac]] later easily won with 82.2% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/05/05/france.win/ |title=Chirac landslide against Le Pen |date=6 May 2002 |access-date=8 May 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]] |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519191200/http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/05/05/france.win/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{Infobox election | election_name = 2002 French presidential election | type = presidential | ongoing = no | country = France | previous_election = 1995 French presidential election | previous_year = 1995 | election_date = 21 April 2002 (first round)<br />5 May 2002 (second round) | next_election = 2007 French presidential election | next_year = 2007 | image1 = [[File:Jacques Chirac (1997) (cropped).jpg|200x200px]] | nominee1 = '''[[Jacques Chirac]]''' | party1 = Rally for the Republic | popular_vote1 = '''25,537,956''' | percentage1 = '''82.21%''' | title = President | before_election = [[Jacques Chirac]] | before_party = Rally for the Republic | after_election = [[Jacques Chirac]] | after_party = Rally for the Republic | nominee2 =