Date of french presidential elections results by year

Next french presidential election 2024

France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with a bicameral legislature. Public officials in the legislative and executive branches are either elected by the citizens directly or indirectly or appointed by elected officials. Referenda may also be called to consult the French citizenry directly on a particular question, especially one which concerns amendment to the Constitution.

France elects on its national level a head of state — the president — and a legislature. In addition, French citizens elect a variety of local governments. There also are public elections for some non-political positions, such as those for the judges of courts administering labour law conseils de prud'hommes , elected by workers and employers, or those for judges administering cases of rural land leases.

This article covers only political elections. This pattern was upset in , when neither of those parties' candidates reached the second round of the presidential election and the newly formed party En Marche! Elections are conducted according to rules set down in the Constitution of France , organic laws lois organiques , and the electoral code.

Voting is not compulsory. Elections are held on Sundays. By law, publication of results or estimates is prohibited prior to that time; estimates are however often available from foreign media and Internet sites, e.