French Socialist Presidential Primary Election 2017 Opinion Odds Results Candidates Voting

Socialist Party (France) presidential primary Election 2017 Schedule Dates

The primary will be held on 22 January 2017, with a runoff election to be held on 29 January between the two candidates with the most votes should no candidate win 50 percent of the vote. 
The 2017 French Socialist Party presidential primary will be held to select candidate of the French Socialist Party and Radical Party of the Left for the 2017 presidential election.It will be the second open primary (primaires citoyennes) held by the socialist parties, after the primary in 2011.

French Socialist Presidential Primary Election 2017 Results

Hamon came on top in the first round of the primary, followed by Valls; as neither of the two secured more than 50% of the vote, a second round will be held on 29 January.

French Socialist Presidential Primary Election 2017 Voting Live

1. Voting started early in the morning. Top 2 candidates will go in the second round to decide Socialist Party French Presidential Election Candidate 2017.
2. The Socialist party is expecting around 1.5 million voters , Where as for Republicans 4.0 million turned.
3. A runoff will held on Jan. 29 to pick a candidate for the two-round presidential election on April 23 and May 7.

French Socialist Presidential Primary 2017 Candidates

Declared Validated Candidates

1. Jean-Luc Bennahmias, former MEP, leader of the Front Démocrate, former member of Europe Ecology – The Greens and the centrist Democratic Movement (MoDem).
2. François de Rugy, Vice-president of the National Assembly, former member of Europe Ecology – The Greens, now leader of the pro-Hollande Ecologist Party.
3. Benoît Hamon, former Minister of National Education
4. Arnaud Montebourg, former Minister for Industrial Renewal, Minister for Economy and anti-austerity campaigner
5. Vincent Peillon, MEP and former Minister of Education under Hollande
6. Sylvia Pinel, leader of the Radical Party of the Left, Deputy in the National Assembly and former Minister of Housing.
7. Manuel Valls, former Prime Minister of France

Declined

1. François Hollande, incumbent President of France

French Socialist Presidential Primary 2017 Election Results

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French Socialist Presidential Primary 2017 Opinion polls​

First Round After Validation of the candidates

Second Round

Valls–Montebourg

Valls–Hamon