French election 2017: Who are the candidates?

[soleiltropiques]

OP: I thought I'd make a post about this since no one else has yet and it is a pretty important election -in particular, the far-right 'Front National' (i.e. 'National Front') party has a chance at winning. (Also my family has been following this so...)

An important note about elections in France: there is the possibility of more than one round of

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[checkerdandy]

I'm calling Le Pen and Macron in the second round.

[soleiltropiques]

Good call!! :)

It looks like it's going to be Macron and Le Pen for the 2nd round. (1)

The reference is in French, but it lists all the candidates with numerical percentages which is what's important.

Reference:
1. Les résultats du premier tour de l’élection présidentielle 2017. Emmanuel Macron et Marine Le Pen se sont qualifiés pour le second tour. Retrouvez les scores des 11 candidats grâce à notre outil interactif. (http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2017/04/23/les-resultats-de-l-election-presidentielle-2017_5115952_4355770.html)

[lightframes]

Thank you for this!

[soleiltropiques]

You're so very welcome! Glad you liked the post. :-)