France 2012: Official Results Thread

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"Bayrou" is French for "joke".

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F**K!

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My earlier comment was of course on Le Pen's performance.

As of Hollande:



Also, Bayrou is a joke.

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Also, lol at the joke Melenchon.

Not a fan of, but I feel almost sorry for him, since he got almost 10% less than freaking Marine.

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Bayrou is whatever you want him to be.

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Oh, and I wouldn't want to be anywhere near Segolene now

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20% in (Google)


       
Hollande
33.5%
1,511,640
       
Sarkozy
25.1%
1,131,883
       
Le Pen
15.9%
719,479
       
Mélenchon
10.6%
476,337
       
Bayrou
8.8%
399,061
       
Joly
2.1%
94,176
       
Dupont-Aignan
1.8%
81,215
       
Poutou
1.3%
57,201
       
Arthaud
0.7%
30,416
       
Cheminade
0.3%
11,929

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So, looks like Miklos Horthy, Jr. is going to be the first incumbent President who failed to take the first place in first round.

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56.5% in (via google, source: Ministry of Interior)


Hollande
30.1%
4,088,419
       
Sarkozy
25.7%
3,492,588
       
Le Pen
17.6%
2,394,722
       
Mélenchon
11.0%
1,495,290
       
Bayrou
9.4%
1,270,328
       
Joly
2.1%
286,010
       
Dupont-Aignan
1.9%
252,949
       
Poutou
1.3%
175,822
       
Arthaud
0.6%
87,700
       
Cheminade
0.3%
34,685

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Hollande refused the 3 debates.

Dunno if debates can have a big importance in this election, but that's certainly an excercise that could be tough for Hollande against Sarkozy.

What sort of place is Corrèze? It seems really rural, possibly mountainous? Is it considered part of the Massif Central?

Lived there several years while a child. It's definitely part of Massif Central yes, very green, lot of forests, middle mountains, quite rural, slightly conservative, but still rather open minded, something along the rest of Limousin, might be the most rightist département of this région.

If Hollande is elected, he'd be the second President of Corrèze General Council elected President of the Republic after Chirac.

Interestingly both Chirac and Hollande were from outside of Corrèze, but made their political bases there. Chirac is from Paris, Hollande from Rouen.

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Interestingly both Chirac and Hollande were from outside of Corrèze, but made their political bases there. Chirac is from Paris, Hollande from Rouen.

Ah. I remember Chirac was also Mayor of Paris for some time. I'm always amazed by how much of what would here be seen as blatant carpetbagging goes on in Europe.

Yep, he was mayor of Paris and deputy from Corrèze at the same time, as I recall.

It's funny one can be Mayor, Deputy, Minister or even the Prime Minister at the same time. For example, Chaban-Delmas continued to be a Mayor of Bordeaux (he was one for almost 50 years!) while President of the National Assembly and then Prime Minister. Now Alain Juppe is serving simultaneously as Mayor of Bordeaux and Foreign Minister.

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Interestingly both Chirac and Hollande were from outside of Corrèze, but made their political bases there. Chirac is from Paris, Hollande from Rouen.

Ah. I remember Chirac was also Mayor of Paris for some time. I'm always amazed by how much of what would here be seen as blatant carpetbagging goes on in Europe.

Yep, he was mayor of Paris and deputy from Corrèze at the same time, as I recall.

That's legal in France? I know European countries tend to be more tolerant of carpetbagging but never thought to that level.

Yes. I'm not sure if there were some recent limitations (my memory may be fooling me).

I remember Poland until 2002 allowed one to serve as Mayor and member of Parliament simultaneously. Not necessarily from the same place (well, Hollande is at least President of Corrèze and Deputy from Corrèze). It ended when, the same year, mayors started to be elected by popular vote, instead of being chosen by city councils.

As of carpetbagging in Poland, don't let me even start

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What sort of place is Corrèze? It seems really rural, possibly mountainous? Is it considered part of the Massif Central?

Lived there several years while a child. It's definitely part of Massif Central yes, very green, lot of forests, middle mountains, quite rural, slightly conservative, but still rather open minded, something along the rest of Limousin, might be the most rightist département of this région.

So Hollande's from a sort of low-key rural leftist background, culturally? That sounds nice, actually. Too bad he's going to be inheriting and presiding over an absolute sh**tstorm.

lol, no, at all, it's a cute Parisian upper middle class baby.

...Oh joy.

The sheer domination of primate cities is another thing that interests me about Europe. Paris, London, Madrid...New York has nowhere near that much influence within the United States.

New York has that much influence within its state, doesn't it?

Yep, but no one can be Mayor of New York and Representative from Kansas at the same time.

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Lol@Yahoo

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We may also have to envision what sort of person a French expatriate in Cuba might be.

Fair enough, although Sarkozy's results in Libya and Armenia, and Melenchon's result in (once again Sandinista-ruled) Nicaragua also seem a little "fixed."

I didn't know Daniel Ortega is supervising French presidential election abroad.

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Farewell time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5noWWReXKk

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Sarkozy is joining Giscard club.

Alas, poor Valery

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Hollande was elected.

Finally, Phil made a good post in this thread

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

Jesus. F**king, Christ.

The first socialist President elected during your lifetime (since you were obviously way too young to experience 1988) and you're still [inks]

Poison Dwarf is GONE. That's what matter.


Oh, have a fun night

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At risk of embarassing myself...

Any live results tracker (like google page?)

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Correze is my favorite place on earth tonight.

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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.

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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.

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I have a question- I read Hollande divorced Segolene Royal...did that cause any dynamic? Did Royal endorse him?

Hollande and Royal were never married in first place.

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86.1% reporting

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


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