<P> The 2017 French presidential election was held on 23 April and 7 May 2017 . As no candidate won a majority in the first round on 23 April , a run - off was held between the top two candidates , Emmanuel Macron of En Marche ! and Marine Le Pen of the National Front ( FN ) , which Macron won by a decisive margin on 7 May . The presidential election was followed by legislative elections to elect members of the National Assembly on 11 and 18 June . Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party ( PS ) was eligible to run for a second term , but declared on 1 December 2016 that he would not seek reelection in light of low approval ratings , making him the first incumbent president of the Fifth Republic not to seek re-election . </P>
<P> The 2017 French presidential election was held on 23 April and 7 May 2017 . As no candidate won a majority in the first round on 23 April , a run - off was held between the top two candidates , Emmanuel Macron of En Marche ! and Marine Le Pen of the National Front ( FN ) , which Macron won by a decisive margin on 7 May . The presidential election was followed by legislative elections to elect members of the National Assembly on 11 and 18 June . Incumbent president François Hollande of the Socialist Party ( PS ) was eligible to run for a second term , but declared on 1 December 2016 that he would not seek reelection in light of low approval ratings , making him the first incumbent president of the Fifth Republic not to seek re-election . </P>
who won the presidential election in france recently
who won the presidential election in france recently
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron