The second round of the 2022 presidential election will therefore be the same as that of 2017. Emmanuel Macron, in the lead in the first round with 27.6% of the vote, faces Marine Le Pen with 23.4% of the vote. Jean-Luc Mélenchon is just behind with 22% of the vote. As with every election, geographical fractures are revealed, between cities and countryside, and between regions.
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Macron in the lead in the western half
The western half of the country clearly voted for Emmanuel Macron. The outgoing president is in the lead in Brittany, but also in Pays de la Loire, Center Val de Loire and New Aquitaine. It even imposes itself in Normandy, unlike the first round five years ago when he was beaten by Marine le Pen. Emmanuel Macron is also consolidating its roots in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, improving its performance in 2017 in this territory deemed moderate.
Marine Le Pen shines on her historic lands
The far-right candidate came close to the grand slam in the first round in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur by winning five of the six departments, failing once again to win in the Hautes-Alpes. It also makes a big score in Occitania, in particular in the east of the region on the shores of the Mediterranean. The National Rally candidate signs her best result in the Pyrénées-Orientales (32.7%), a department where RN Louis Aliot conquered the town hall of Perpignan in 2020. Marine Le Pen also scores impressively in the Hauts-de- France. For example, she won 39% of the vote in Pas-de-Calais, where she is a deputy. The RN candidate is also winning in the Grand Est and Corsica.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon tears off the Ile-de-France
With around 2,500 votes only, Jean-Luc Mélenchon created a surprise and came very slightly ahead in Ile-de-France, neck and neck with Emmanuel Macron. With the exception of the departments of Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine and Paris won by the outgoing president, the rebellious leader comes first in the five other departments of the Paris region. Seine-Saint-Denis, a popular department in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris, for example voted 49% for the rebellious candidate.
Cities for Mélenchon and Macron, rural areas for Le Pen
Another divide in this election: urban and rural areas. Jean-Luc Mélenchon is in great shape in town : he won, among others, in Nantes, Marseille, in several towns in the Lyon suburbs, in Grenoble, Rouen, Rennes… The outgoing president finished first in Paris, Orléans, Tours and Lyon, cradle of macronism.
Marine le Pen, for her part, often imposes herself in more rural areas such as Pas-de-Calais, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Creuse, or even Ardèche. The fracture is particularly visible in the Grand Est. Marine Le Pen won 11% of the vote only in Nancy, far behind Emmanuel Macron, on the other hand, she won 36% of the vote in the very rural Ardennes, 14 points ahead of the outgoing president.