French presidential election: vote transfers to abstention for second round 2022

The first round of the presidential elections took place in France on Sunday, April 10, 2022, and candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen came out on top. Among the citizens who voted for the France Insoumise candidate (Jeau-Luc Mélenchon), who came third in the first round, almost half did not express any intention to vote on April 20, 2022, less than a week before the second round. This proportion rose to over 30 percent among people who had previously voted for Yannick Jadot and Valérie Pécresse, and to only 15 percent among voters of the far-right candidate Eric Zemmour.

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Share of people not expressing any voting intention in the second round of the presidential election in France in April 2022, according to the vote in the first round

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

France

Survey time period

April 13 to 20, 2022

Number of respondents

1,682 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

registered voters

Method of interview

Online Access Panel

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Quel est le candidat pour lequel il y a le plus de chances que vous votiez au second tour de l’élection présidentielle ?"

The source adds the following information: "Within the framework of this system, approximately 800 people registered on the electoral lists are interviewed each day. The results presented here are the cumulative results of the interviews conducted over the last two days of fieldwork. "

People not expressing any voting intention are those planning to abstain, vote blank or null, or not wishing to answer.

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