Le Pen leads round one by 17.4 points; at this stage, the poll leader went on to come first in two of the last three first rounds
Where the polls stood 5 months before each of the last three presidential first rounds, and what happened next. The biggest move from this point: France Unbowed in 2022, +13.6 points between the polls and the result.
167days to the next election
17.4Le Pen's lead over Mélenchon today
2 of 3poll leaders at this stage who went on to come first
4.5points the average party moved from here to polling day
4.9points the lead between the top two changed
Then and on polling day
The average of the polls around the same point in each cycle (each pollster counted once), the line to polling day, and the result. The dashed line is this point.
202225 October 2021 5 months before polling day · 54 polls
Ensemble (Macron camp) led by 6.6.
Ensemble (Macron camp) came first by 4.7 on 10 April.
Party
Then
Result
Move
Ensemble (Macron camp)
25.7
27.9
+2.2
National Rally
19.1
23.2
+4.1
France Unbowed
8.4
22.0
+13.6
Reconquête
15.4
7.1
−8.3
Republicans
9.9
4.8
−5.1
Greens
7.9
4.6
−3.3
20177 November 2016 5 months before polling day · 8 polls
National Rally led by 8.7.
Ensemble (Macron camp) came first instead, by 2.7.
Party
Then
Result
Move
National Rally
28.8
21.3
−7.5
Ensemble (Macron camp)
12.5
24.0
+11.5
Republicans
20.1
20.0
−0.1
France Unbowed
13.4
19.6
+6.2
Socialists
9.8
6.4
−3.4
Centre (UDF, MoDem)
9.2
–
20127 November 2011 5 months before polling day · 7 polls
Socialists led by 6.7.
Socialists came first by 1.5 on 22 April.
Party
Then
Result
Move
Socialists
33.1
28.6
−4.5
Republicans
26.4
27.2
+0.8
National Rally
17.4
17.9
+0.5
France Unbowed
5.9
11.1
+5.2
Centre (UDF, MoDem)
6.5
9.1
+2.6
Greens
–
2.3
If the polls move as they did
Today's average, then each party moved by as much as it did between this point and polling day in each past cycle. Where a party did not stand, or polled under another name we cannot match, the cell is blank.
Candidate
Today
As in 2022
As in 2017
As in 2012
Le Pen National Rally
34.2
38.3
26.7
34.7
Mélenchon France Unbowed
16.8
30.4
23.0
22.0
Philippe Ensemble (Macron camp)
14.3
16.5
25.8
Glucksmann Socialists
13.4
10.2
10.0
8.9
Retailleau Republicans
7.6
2.5
7.5
8.4
Zemmour Reconquête
3.8
0.0
Tondelier Greens
2.9
0.0
Dupont-Aignan Sovereigntists
2.1
0.8
4.4
3.1
Le Pen stays ahead in every one. A party's move in one cycle belongs to that campaign; this shows the size of change that has happened from here, not a forecast. Our forecast →
How this is worked out
For each past election we take every national voting-intention poll published in the fortnight either side of the same point (three weeks, or five where polls were sparse), average each pollster's polls, then average the pollsters. France's figures are the first round of the presidential election, by political family, so 2012's Socialist is Hollande and 2027's is whoever stands.