overseas departments and territories. It exceeded 60 percent in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, French Polynesia, New Caledonia and French Guiana, and 40 percent in others. In metropolitan France, the departments with the highest abstention rates were those in Corsica, and Seine-Saint-Denis.
According to figures from the Ministry of the Interior, the abstention rate in the first round of the 2022 presidential elections in France was 26.3 percent, four points higher than in the previous election. Abstention was particularly high in the Rate of abstention in the first round of the presidential election in France in 2022, by department
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Data.gouv.fr. (April 14, 2022). Rate of abstention in the first round of the presidential election in France in 2022, by department [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303274/abstention-rate-french-presidential-election-first-round-department/
Data.gouv.fr. "Rate of abstention in the first round of the presidential election in France in 2022, by department." Chart. April 14, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303274/abstention-rate-french-presidential-election-first-round-department/
Data.gouv.fr. (2022). Rate of abstention in the first round of the presidential election in France in 2022, by department. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303274/abstention-rate-french-presidential-election-first-round-department/
Data.gouv.fr. "Rate of Abstention in The First Round of The Presidential Election in France in 2022, by Department." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303274/abstention-rate-french-presidential-election-first-round-department/
Data.gouv.fr, Rate of abstention in the first round of the presidential election in France in 2022, by department Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303274/abstention-rate-french-presidential-election-first-round-department/ (last visited April 19, 2024)
Rate of abstention in the first round of the presidential election in France in 2022, by department [Graph], Data.gouv.fr, April 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303274/abstention-rate-french-presidential-election-first-round-department/