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This Sunday, 1,355,541 Parisian voters are called to the polls for the first round of the presidential election.
The 899 polling stations will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The election will have a particular flavor in Paris since the mayor of the capital is among the candidates for the Élysée.
While nationally, the polls give Anne Hidalgo between 1.5% and 2.5%, how much will the mayor of Paris do in her stronghold?
Will the #saccageParis movement be felt at the polls?
On Twitter, several Internet users have called for using tomorrow's ballot to send a message of discontent to the mayor of Paris.
Will this discontent on the Net appear in the Parisian ballot?
In 1988 and 1995, when the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, ran for president, he was able to count on the support of Parisian voters who placed him in the lead in the first round (31.57% of the votes cast against 29.48% for François Mitterrand, and 32.19% seven years later against 26.02% for Lionel Jospin).
The eruption of Éric Zemmour casts uncertainty over the results of the right
Beyond this purely Parisian question, which will set the tone for the coming months in Paris and the atmosphere in which Anne Hidalgo will return to Parisian affairs, the first round of the presidential election will also provide an overview of the electoral climate. that reigns in the capital.
Five years ago, Emmanuel Macron came out on top in the first round with 34.83% of the votes cast, ahead of Republican candidate François Fillon (26.45%) and Jean-Luc Mélenchon for France Insoumise (19.56%). %).
Socialist Benoît Hamon came in fourth place with 10.18%.
The second round had been almost a plebiscite for Emmanuel Macron who had gathered 89.68% of the vote against Marine Le Pen.
Since then, with the exception of the municipal elections of 2020 and the regional elections of 2021, the president's party has come out on top in all national polls.
In the 2017 legislative elections, the Republic on the move had managed to win 13 out of 18 constituencies, leaving only crumbs to the parties so far well established in the capital: the PS had managed to keep only one constituency and the right , under the colors of LR, had saved three.
Will the 2017 scenario play out again in 2022?
The eruption of Éric Zemmour casts uncertainty over the results of the right.
The extreme right generally achieves rather low scores in Paris, but the Conquest party of the polemicist will perhaps change the situation.
On the right, some elected officials are wondering about the score that the new candidate will achieve in the capital, where Éric Zemmour would consider running for the June legislative elections.
It is always possible to establish a power of attorney for the second round
Another weighty uncertainty: abstention.
Parisians generally turn out more than other voters during elections, with the exception of the last municipal elections where the abstention rate of Parisians (63.30%) exceeded the national average (59%) by more than four points. a record level under the Fifth Republic.
Will the second round of the presidential election, which will take place at the start of Parisians' spring break, encourage them to prefer the seaside to the polling station?
For latecomers who would like to vote but who will be absent for this first round or the second, be aware that it is possible to establish a power of attorney, until the day before the ballot, by going to a police station, to the Paris court. (17th century) or in the police stations of Parisian stations or that of the RER station Châtelet les Hales (1st).
If you do so at the last moment, you run the risk that the request will not reach the borough hall in time and that your proxy will not be authorized to vote for you.
It is therefore recommended to take the steps for the second round in the next few days.
