France election 2022: when will the first projections and results be available?
Created: 2022-04-08 13:39
By: Leyla Yildiz
Elections France 2022: in April, the citizens of our neighboring country will have to elect a new president.
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The French elections are due in April 2022.
The people should choose the new president.
We explain when the first results will be available.
Paris - Who will govern Germany's neighboring country in the future?
Only the citizens of the forthcoming French elections for the presidency on April 10, 2022 can answer this question.
The incumbent Emmanuel Macron is definitely one of the party – eleven other candidates want to contest his post.
Here we explain how election day works and when the first projections or results will be available.
Who is elected in France? | president |
|---|---|
election days | April 10th and if necessary April 24th |
Official | Emmanuel Macron |
number of candidates | Twelve |
voting system | Absolute majority election in two ballots |
France election 2022: the people determine the new president directly – the result in two ballots
In France, the president is elected directly by the people and is determined in two rounds of voting by absolute majority.
In other words, on April 10 Emmanuel Macron and all his eleven opponents will be at the start.
If one of the applicants achieves an absolute majority (at least 50 percent), that person is considered the winner.
If, on the other hand, there is no absolute majority, the two candidates with the most votes will go to a runoff on April 24th.
This is where the citizens finally decide their new president.
France election: First projections after the polling stations were closed
In both ballots, the population can only do this in the polling stations.
Postal voting is not permitted for fear of manipulation.
The polling stations are open on the days from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Only after they are closed do the counts and thus the first projections begin.
According to experience, however, the results will not be known the same evening, but rather the next day.
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Should the probable event occur that no clear winner emerges from the election, the procedure for the run-off election on April 24th will be the same.
The polling stations are again open to voters from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the votes are counted immediately afterwards.
The new president and thus the head of French politics will be fixed by April 25th at the latest.
Only then will it be clear whether it will be Emmanuel Macron again.
In surveys and forecasts, he is currently ahead of his direct competitor Marine Le Pen.
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