France 2012: Official Results Thread

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

The winner of this election is speaking right now on France2.

[MaxQue]

At risk of embarassing myself...

Any live results tracker (like google page?)

http://www.google.fr/elections/ed/fr/results?hl=en

[Antonio the Sixth]

Yeah, we won. That's great. But still pathetically close. This is unfair, so unfair.

Be happy with what you get!

You won. Your guy gets to run things.

Yeah, I know, I'm naturally pessimistic.

But still, a victory wasn't enough tonight. We needed a great victory. This is a pyrrhic one.

Likely beating Mitterrand's margin is a Pyrrhic victory? Are you serious?

Doing worse than any single goddam poll in the last 2 years predicted, and doing worse than Sarko had actually done in 2007, is a pyrrhic victory.

[minionofmidas]

Likely beating Mitterrand's margin is a Pyrrhic victory? Are you serious?

So, even people abroad make the error to compare it to Mitterand's victory...

All those people forcing themselves to try relive 1981 on the Place de la Bastille right now are, well...

1981 was a different effing world.

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

Saint-Quentin (Aisne, Xavier Bertand's city):

Hollande 54,2
Sarkozy 45,8

and doing worse than Sarko had actually done in 2007, is a pyrrhic victory.

Yup, I would have hope a 53-47 for the symbol only.

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

YAAAYYYY YAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY THE LEEEEEEEEEEEEEFTTTTTTTT WOOOOOOOOOOONNN!!

So, what do we have on the biggest TV for this electoral election to live that??

Still Ségolène and Thomas Hollande, over and over, saying how they are happy...

[Svensson]

Having just perused the results: good luck to the French and their new government. I hope they run things well, because lord knows the world could use a lot more of that right about now.

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

Fillon 'kept' Sablé-sur-Sarthe (Sarthe):

Sarkozy 52,9
Hollande 47,1

[Torie]

52.67% for Hollande in Sarthe.
He takes La Reunion with 71%
53.8% for Sarko in Meause

Do all of these little provincial numbers fit the pattern as it were?  Numbers without patterns are like shoes without socks.

Lozere was 55-45 for Sarko in 2007. Now it's a tie.
Lot had Royal at 56%. Hollande took 61%.
Meuse was won by Sarzo with 56.9% in 2007. Now it's down to 53.8%
Sarthe was 50.5% to 49.5% for Sarkozy. Now it's 52.6% for Hollande

Yes, a 5 point swing fits the pattern. A 3 point swing is a tie (I looked up the numbers from the last election). I assume most of the the little nodes will be 5 pointers rather than 2 or 3 pointers, given that the exit polls in France are just so apparently marvelous.

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

...given that the exit polls in France are just so apparently marvelous.

They used to be still better in the preceding years, but most of them seem to remain decent.

[minionofmidas]

I'm copping out of this election. Two is enough to follow. Alert me if this goes into >53 or <51 territory within the next two hours or so somehow.

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

Sarkozy doing big in Haute-Marne (54,4) and Meuse (53,8), which would mean that the FN vote was more genuine there than a anti-Sarkozy effect.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Correze is my favorite place on earth tonight.

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

Correze is my favorite place on earth tonight.

Wow, yes, bigger than Creuse.

[MaxQue]

Correze is my favorite place on earth tonight.

Wow, yes, bigger than Creuse.

Bigger than Ariège, too.

[big bad fab]

Morbihan has switched tonight to the left. Brittany, I hate you, more than ever

Go to the TNS-Sofres poll: big transfers from Bayrou voters (take that, Bayrou !), Sarkozy has a majority among employees from the private sector, Sarkozy has a majority among 18-24

[Niemeyerite]

Morbihan has switched tonight to the left. Brittany, I hate you, more than ever

Go to the TNS-Sofres poll: big transfers from Bayrou voters (take that, Bayrou !), Sarkozy has a majority among employees from the private sector, Sarkozy has a majority among 18-24

And still loses

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Correze is my favorite place on earth tonight.

Wow, yes, bigger than Creuse.

Lol, guys, Hollande is the second President of Corrèze General Council to be elected President of the Republic.

[minionofmidas]

Correze is my favorite place on earth tonight.

Wow, yes, bigger than Creuse.

Lol, guys, Hollande is the second President of Corrèze General Council to be elected President of the Republic.

Who's the current one? Clearly we're looking at our future overlord.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Correze is my favorite place on earth tonight.

Wow, yes, bigger than Creuse.

Lol, guys, Hollande is the second President of Corrèze General Council to be elected President of the Republic.

Who's the current one?

Hollande, still

Also, Francois will be the first President under 5th Republic without previous experience in cabinet.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

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.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Haute-Loire for Hollande.

[minionofmidas]

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.

Cantal seemed more interesting.

Cider from the Wetterau, pilsener from Karlsruhe, plum schnapps from god knows where, spirit of quince by Alde Gott.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Shy Sarkozy effect will give this to the hero of the European Right.
















No, seriously, what's our over-under right now? ~52.5-53% Hollande?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Cantal seemed more interesting.

Oh, sure. But already mentioned. Haute-Loire as well.

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And you're still capable of making halfway intelligent comments about elections. Quite a trooper.