municipal election, in which he campaigned most notably for free public transportation. Previous attempts to win a seat in the municipal council as lead candidate in 2001 and 2014 were unsuccessful. Despite initial statements he would not run in 2022, Poutou was invested a third time by his party ahead of the 2022 presidential election. He stated he had "many things to say" to incumbent President Emmanuel Macron. In the first round of the 2022 presidential election, Poutou received 268,904 votes, 0.76% of the total vote. Ahead of the 2022 legislative election, Poutou announced his party would not take part in the New People's Ecologist and Social Union (NUPES) headed by Mélenchon. He was notably critical of the Socialist Party's weight in the alliance. References 1967 births Living people Ford people People from Villemomble Revolutionary Communist League (France) politicians New Anticapitalist Party politicians Members of the General Confederation of Labour (France) Candidates in the 2012 French presidential election Candidates in the 2017 French presidential election Candidates in the 2022 French presidential election