In France, it was the first round of the 1974 presidential election that mobilized the most: 87.3% participation (12.7% abstention) to carry François Mitterrand, Valery Giscard d’Estaing and Jacques Chaban-Delmas in the second round. Conversely, it was in 2002 that abstention for the Elysian ballot reached peaks if we put aside the second round of 1969 (31.1%) between Georges Pompidou and Alain Poher, abstention motivated by the third thief aside, Jacques Duclos and his “white bonnet and white bonnet”. In 2002, for no apparent reason, 28.4% of voters failed in the first round, causing the accession of Jean-Marie le Pen and the elimination of Lionel Jospin. Overview of abstention rates in Midi-Pyrénées in recent years in the presidential election.
Upper Garonne
Abstention rate in the first round in 2017: 18.84% / Toulouse: 26.32%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2012: 16.53% / Toulouse: 22.47%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2007: 12.49% / Toulouse: 15.83%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2002: 24.08% / Toulouse: 28.61%
Tarn
Abstention rate in the first round in 2017: 17.34% / Albi: 21.03%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2012: 14.73% / Albi: 17.02%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2007: 11.58% / Albi: 12.92%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2002: 22.13% / Albi: 23.77%
Tarn et Garonne
Abstention rate in the first round in 2017: 17.80% / Montauban: 19.79%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2012: 15.00% / Montauban: 17.49%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2007: 11.98% / Montauban: 13.53%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2002: 22.23% / Montauban: 23.54%
Gers
Abstention rate in the first round in 2017: 15.89%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2012: 14.19%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2007: 11.63%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2002: 22.70%
Ariege
Abstention rate in the first round in 2017: 18.22%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2012: 15.90%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2007: 12.85%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2002: 23.99%
Batch
Abstention rate in the first round in 2017: 16.39%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2012: 13.86%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2007: 10.98%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2002: 22.01%
Aveyron
Abstention rate in the first round in 2017: 16.67%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2012: 14.70%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2007: 11.79%
Abstention rate in the first round in 2002: 21.79%
At the regional level, in Occitania, in 2017 in the first round of the presidential election, 18.94% of voters abstained.