France 2012: Official Results Thread

[Antonio the Sixth]

Ah, Sarkozy's record so far:

Corse-du-Sud:

57,6

This is a victory, and I feel sad.

Keep some sadness for the 10th and 17th of May...

It's june.

And apparently a poll says 31% PS, 30% UMP 18% FN, so I know what I can expect.

Oh yes, sorry, I meant it, is that this PS 'victory' that makes me upside down??!

Oh, and, polls for this wouldn't mean a lot so far, we have to see the rise of this glorious new 'Bleu Marine' movement before, FN doesn't exist anymore.

It's pretty clear how things can go now.

People didn't vote because they like Hollande (and this I can understand), people didn't vote for him because they think he had good ideas, people didn't vote for him because Hollande led the best campaign. Hell, people probably didn't even vote for him because they think Sarkozy is a bad president. They voted for him, barely, because they didn't like Sarkozy. And even then, maybe they just voted Hollande because there's a crisis and they're pissed off at the incumbent.

Whatever will happen now, Hollande begins his term in the worst possible way.

[big bad fab]

Back again after drinking some celebratory cider from Brittany. Very nice as well.

So, anyway, a point of interest already: Hollande carries the Territoire de Belfort.

Not by far.
Sarkozy's map seems to be (again) more FN than in the first round.

Sarkozy won Manche only by 50.1 !

You are probably happy, Fab.

"Entre 51 et 52 pour Hollande, ce serait une grosse déception et un Mélenchon et des Verts revenus dans le jeu législatif, ainsi qu’une droite soulagée et plus à même d’affronter le problème FN."

After all, maybe Buisson was right : France is structurally right-wing.

Well, Hollande himself said that below 52, it would be "étriquée" as a victory (narrow).

[Antonio the Sixth]

Back again after drinking some celebratory cider from Brittany. Very nice as well.

So, anyway, a point of interest already: Hollande carries the Territoire de Belfort.

Not by far.
Sarkozy's map seems to be (again) more FN than in the first round.

Sarkozy won Manche only by 50.1 !

You are probably happy, Fab.

"Entre 51 et 52 pour Hollande, ce serait une grosse déception et un Mélenchon et des Verts revenus dans le jeu législatif, ainsi qu’une droite soulagée et plus à même d’affronter le problème FN."

After all, maybe Buisson was right : France is structurally right-wing.

Well, Hollande himself said that below 52, it would be "étriquée" as a victory (narrow).

And I could not agree more.

[Andrea]

Ah, Sarkozy's record so far:

Corse-du-Sud:

57,6

This is a victory, and I feel sad.

Keep some sadness for the 10th and 17th of May...

It's june.

And apparently a poll says 31% PS, 30% UMP 18% FN, so I know what I can expect.

Oh yes, sorry, I meant it, is that this PS 'victory' that makes me upside down??!

Oh, and, polls for this wouldn't mean a lot so far, we have to see the rise of this glorious new 'Bleu Marine' movement before, FN doesn't exist anymore.

It's pretty clear how things can go now.

People didn't vote because they like Hollande (and this I can understand), people didn't vote for him because they think he had good ideas, people didn't vote for him because Hollande led the best campaign. Hell, people probably didn't even vote for him because they think Sarkozy is a bad president. They voted for him, barely, because they didn't like Sarkozy. And even then, maybe they just voted Hollande because there's a crisis and they're pissed off at the incumbent.

Whatever will happen now, Hollande begins his term in the worst possible way.

Celebrate at least tonight! You will think about this from tomorrow :-)

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Mélenchon announced a total independence for Législatives, Front de Gauche will present candidates everywhere.

I hope those bloody damned French 'Commies' (sometimes they really deserve such a nomination) of PCF will stop to be the good old puppet used by PS when they need it and break the FdG alliance.

Ah well, I guess in several places FdG might succeed to do something alone.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Celebrate at least tonight! You will think about this from tomorrow :-)

This is excellent advice, yes.

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Yeah, Haut-Rhin finally confirmed at 63,3 for Sarkozy.

Breakable record for the Right/Far-Right tonight?

[Bacon King]

New best Sarko department: Haut-Rhin, with 63.3%. Border regions sure do hate them a socialist.

[MaxQue]

Mélenchon announced a total independence for Législatives, Front de Gauche will present candidates everywhere.

I somehow doubt than Pierre Laurent and PCF leadership will accept all Mélenchon orders.
That's a department, not a province, BK.

[ZuWo]

Yeah, Haut-Rhin finally confirmed at 63,3 for Sarkozy.

Breakable record for the Right/Far-Right tonight?

I see that the level of sanity among the French increases the closer we move to the Swiss border.

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Border regions sure do hate them a socialist.

Nah, depends on borders, and apparently on mountains too, Pyrénées/Spanish borders are safe.

[MaxQue]

Yeah, Haut-Rhin finally confirmed at 63,3 for Sarkozy.

Breakable record for the Right/Far-Right tonight?

I see that the level of sanity among the French increases the closer we move to the Swiss border.

You may want to expell the Swiss areas bordering Belfort, then.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Mélenchon announced a total independence for Législatives, Front de Gauche will present candidates everywhere.

I somehow doubt than Pierre Laurent and PCF leadership will accept all Mélenchon orders.

Well, in the campaign to get the Presidential nomination in PCF, Mélenchon actually became quite diplomat, so, who knows, maybe the PCF has not totally buried the concept of evolution...

[Beet]

So he's winning basically the same areas this time as the first round.

[Leftbehind]

lol at John Simpson's report for the BBC. Getting a reaction in the market Hollande visited, the first person's wearing a striped top and the second a beret.

[MaxQue]

Sarkozy wins Savoie 53-47.
Surprised. I expected a bigger margin.

[ZuWo]

Yeah, Haut-Rhin finally confirmed at 63,3 for Sarkozy.

Breakable record for the Right/Far-Right tonight?

I see that the level of sanity among the French increases the closer we move to the Swiss border.

You may want to expell the Swiss areas bordering Belfort, then.

This territory seems like an anomaly anyway.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

86.1% reporting

Hollande: 52.3% (11,836,412)
Poison Dwarf: 47.7% (10,774,161)


This is good

[MaxQue]

So he's winning basically the same areas this time as the first round.

Yes, for now, only 6 departments changed hands.

Sarkozy -> Hollande
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Hautes-Alpes
Indre-et-Loire

Hollande -> Sarkozy
Haute-Saône
Seine-et-Marne

Le Pen -> Sarkozy
Gard

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

lol at John Simpson's report for the BBC. Getting a reaction in the market Hollande visited, the first person's wearing a striped top and the second a beret.

He asked them to wear it. Anglos are lost if they don't have it in France.

Well, Corrèze!

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Hollande won Mulhouse.

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Hollande won Mulhouse.

lol, wow, now this is an island.

Mulhouse people decided to turn less ridiculous than Bockel...

[MaxQue]

Hollande won Mulhouse.

Which isn't surprising, but is making me afraid about the rural areas of Haut-Rhin

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Hollande won Mulhouse.

Which isn't surprising, but is making me afraid about the rural areas of Haut-Rhin

Yeah, was just passing the mouse over the dpt, rare to see figures beginning by figures bellow 5, and all is blue, indeed.