Candidates for the French presidential election of 2.46 people had officially applied. On March 7, 2024, the Constitutional Council publishes the names of the 12 selected candidates who meet the conditions, including at least 500 endorsed elected officials.
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The order of the table below corresponds to the order of the presentation of the candidates made by the Constitutional Council. This order, drawn by lot by the Council, will also be that of the posting on the electoral panels and the presentation of the ballots in the polling stations.
| Candidate (name and age ) and political party |
Main political function during the campaign |
Campaign and slogan(s) | Details | |
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| Nathalie Arthaud ( 52 years old )Workers’ struggle |
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Spokesperson for Lutte Ouvrière (since 2008) |
CampaignThe workers camp | Spokesman for Lutte Ouvrière since 2008, he was the party’s candidate in 2012 and 2017. To ensure a “revolutionary communist current presence” in this election, the LO decided on its candidacy at its 50th Congress, December 2020. On September 16, 2021, he announced his candidacy. On March 7, he was announced as a |
| Fabien Roussel ( 52 years old )French Communist Party |
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National Secretary of the French Communist Party (since 2018) Member of Parliament for the North (since 2017) |
Campaign • Positions
France on happy days |
Deputy of the 20th District of the North since 2017, he became National Secretary of the French Communist Party in 2018. He announced his candidacy on November 26, 2020. Party workers confirmed their support for his candidacy during an internal consultation in May 2021 |
| Emmanuel Macron ( 44 years old )The Republic on the move |
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President of the French Republic (since 2017) |
Campaign • PositionsWith you then All of us | Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs presided over by Franois Hollande. Elected President of the Republic in 2017, he applied for the second term of office in a “letter to the French” on March 3, 2024. The nomination was finalized on April 7, 2024 |
| Jean Lassalle ( 66 years old )Let’s resist |
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President of Résistons (since 2016) Member of Parliament for Pyrénées-Atlantiques (since 2002) |
Campaign • PositionsAuthentic France | A member of the Democratic Movement , he distanced himself from François Bayrou on the background of strategic disagreement and left the party in 2016. He is known for his march through France in 2013 . Candidate in 2017 having obtained 1.21% in the first round, he formalized his new candidacy on |
| Marine Le Pen ( 53 years old )national rally |
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MP for Pas-de-Calais (since 2017) Departmental Councilor for Pas-de-Calais (since 2021) |
Campaign • Positions La France qu’on M |
Elected president of the National Front in 2011, she was already its candidate in 2012 and 2017 , where she finished in third and then second position, being beaten by Emmanuel Macron in the second round of this last election. She announced her candidacy for the presidency at a press conference on |
| Eric Zemmour ( 63 years old )reconquest |
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President of Reconquest (since 2021) |
Campaign • Positions Impossible is not French then For France to remain France |
Journalist and writer, he announced his candidacy on . Jean-Frédéric Poisson , president of Via, la Voie du Peuple , as well as Jacline Mouraud , figure of the Yellow Vests , then withdrew in his favor |
| Jean-Luc Melenchon ( 70 years old )France rebellious |
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MP for Bouches-du-Rhône (since 2017) |
Campaign • PositionsAnother world is possible | Already a candidate in the 2012 and 2017 elections , he proposed his candidacy on , seeking a “popular nomination” of 150,000 people to validate his candidacy, which he quickly obtained |
| Anne Hidalgo ( 62 years old )Socialist Party |
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Vice-president of the Grand Paris metropolis (since 2016) Mayor of Paris (since 2014) |
Campaign • Positions
Together let’s change the future |
She announces her candidacy then is designated by the socialist members on following |
| Yannick Jadot ( 54 years old )Europe Ecology The Greens |
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MEP (since 2009) |
Campaign • Let’s change positions then Cope |
After winning the 2016 environmental primary against Michèle Rivasi for the 2017 presidential election , he finally withdrew to support the socialist candidate Benoît Hamon . Candidate for the presidential primary of ecology in , he narrowly won in the second round against Sandrine Rousseau . |
| Valerie Pécresse ( 54 years old )The Republicans |
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President of Soyons libres (since 2017) President of the Île-de-France regional council(since 2015) |
Campaign • PositionsThe Courage to Do | Minister of Higher Education, then Minister of Budget, presided over by Nicolas Sarkozy, he became president of the Ile-de-France Regional Council in 2015, and on July 22, 2021, announced his candidacy for the right-wing primary. He won the Republican Congress on December 4, 2021. In addition to the LR and Soyons libres movements, it is also supported by UDI and Les Centristes. |
| Philippe Poutou ( 55 years old )New Anti-Capitalist Party |
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Municipal councilor of Bordeaux (since 2020) |
Campaign The Anti-Capitalist Emergency |
A former trade unionist from the Ford factory in Bordeaux, he was the New Anti-Capitalist Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election (1.15% of the vote cast).And 2017 (1.09%). His team has select in him for the 2024 election |
| Nicolas Dupont-Aignan ( 61 years old )Stand up France |
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President of Debout la France (since 2008) MP for Essonne (since 1997) |
Campaign • PositionsSave France! then Choose freedom | A former mayor of Yares and deputy of Esson, he is the president of Debout La France. He contested the 2012 and 2017 presidential elections, winning 1.79% and 4.70% of the vote, respectively, by allying himself with Marine Le Pen for the second round in 2017. He announced his third candidacy on September 26, 2020.10 April 2024 (first round) |
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